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 A COLLECTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PROMISES 
 
 OF 
 
 SCRIPTURE 
 
 Under their PROPER HEADS. 
 
 In TWO PARTS. 
 
 Representing 
 
 I. The Blessings promised, 
 II. The Duties to which Promises are made. 
 
 With a RECOMMENDATION by Dr. Watts; 
 
 An INTRODUCTION, containing Observations upon the 
 Excellency and Use of the Promises, and Directions for 
 the right Application of them ; 
 
 And an APPENDIX, relating to the Future State of the 
 Church. 
 
 By SAMUEL CLARK, D.D. 
 
 Ps. xvi. 8. / have a goodly Heritage. 
 
 A New Edition, 
 By GEO. THOMAS CLARK. 
 
 CARDIFF: 
 
 PRINTED BY W. LEWIS, DUKE STREET. 
 
 1895.
 
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 CANCELLED. 
 
 LIBRARY.
 
 
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 " 'Tis of excellent use to lie on the table 
 " in a chamber of sickness, and now and 
 " then to take a sip of the river of life, 
 " which runs through it in a thousand 
 " little rills of peace and joy." 
 
 Is. Watts. 
 
 2000131
 
 THE 
 
 RECOMMENDATION. 
 
 HE Bible is a Book of such 
 transcendent Worth, and so 
 happily suited to all the Parts 
 and Purposes of the Christian 
 
 ERRATUM. 
 
 Page xxviii., line 23, for " finally " read 
 " fairly." 
 
 irines and Duties, the Promises and 
 Threatnings, the Prophecies and His- 
 tories which are contained therein, each 
 of them will afford us an Aweful or a 
 Delightful Prospect, with Lessons for 
 special Improvement. 
 
 The
 
 THE 
 
 RECOMMENDATION. 
 
 iHE BiiiLE is a Book of such 
 transcendent Worth, and so 
 happily suited to all the Parts 
 and Purposes of the Christian 
 Life, that it can never be too much re- 
 commended to the World : Every Thing 
 that allures the World to peruse it, is a 
 Blessing to Mankind. And though it is 
 hard for our narrow Capacities to grasp 
 and take in the several distinguishing- 
 Excellencies of it at one View, yet if 
 we take a separate Survey of the Doc- 
 trines and Duties, the Promises and 
 Threatnings, the Prophecies and His- 
 tories which are contained therein, each 
 of them will afford us an Aweful or a 
 Delightful Prospect, with Lessons for 
 special Improvement. 
 
 The
 
 vi. The Recommendation. 
 
 The worthy Author of this Collection, 
 whom I have long known with Esteem 
 and Honour, has chosen to reduce all 
 the most useful and important Promises 
 of the Word of God into Order, and 
 set them before us here. These are the 
 most powerful Motives to Duty ; these 
 are the constant Food of a living Chris- 
 tian, as well as his highest Cordials in a 
 faintino" Hour. And in such a World as 
 this, where Duties perpetually demand 
 our Practice, and Difficulties and Trials 
 are ever surrounding us, what can we 
 do better than to treasure up the Promises 
 in our Hearts, which are the most effec- 
 tual Persuasives to fulfil the one, and 
 sustain the other? Here are laid up the 
 true Riches of a Christian, and his 
 highest Hopes on this side Heaven. 
 
 The Materials which are collected here 
 are all Divine, and the Disposition of 
 them is Elegant and Regular ; so that 
 'tis an easy matter to find something 
 suited to the Frame of our Souls or our 
 present Wants on every Occasion : And 
 
 that
 
 The Recommendation. vii. 
 
 that Soul who knows what a suitable 
 Promise is worth in an Hour of Dark- 
 ness or Temptation, will never think such 
 a Work as this, and such a various 
 Treasure, can have sufficient Value set 
 upon it. 
 
 This is such a Piece as I dare put 
 into the Hands of every Christian among 
 all their divided Sects and Parties in the 
 World. Here is no danger of Error or 
 Mistake in point of Orthodoxy, if the 
 English be but truly translated from the 
 Sacred Originals. The noisy Controver- 
 sies of the Age, which eat out the Vitals 
 of true Religion, have no room nor place 
 here ; for these Sentences are the pure 
 Word of Gou, without any Mixtures of 
 the Wit or Reasonings of Man. 
 
 'Tis the least Thing that I can do to 
 shew my Gratitude to the pious Author 
 of this Collection, to tell the World how 
 much I esteem it, how often it has given 
 me Consolation and Support in the midst 
 of my long Infirmities and Confinements 
 in former Years, when I was not capable 
 
 of
 
 viii. The Recommendation. 
 
 of reading a whole Page together in any 
 writing : and there are Multitudes of 
 Christians that can bear the same Testi- 
 mony to the Value of this Collection of 
 Promises, who have found it an effectual 
 Spur to Duty, and a divine Relief under 
 surrounding Sorrows. 
 
 In order to a better Improvement of 
 these Promises, it may be very proper 
 to read the Introduction first, which will 
 teach even Christians of the lower Rank 
 how to understand and apply all these 
 Discoveries of Divine Mercy. Those 
 who have little Leisure for Reading may 
 find their Account in keeping this Book 
 always near them, and with the Glance 
 of an Eye they may take in the Riches 
 of Grace and Glory, and derive many a 
 sweet Refreshment from hence, amidst 
 their Labours and Travels through this 
 Wilderness. 'Tis of excellent Use to lie 
 on the Table in a Chamber of Sickness, 
 and now and then to take a Sip of the 
 River of Life, which runs through it in 
 a thousand little Rills of Peace and Joy. 
 
 May
 
 The Recommendation. ix. 
 
 May this Second Edition which brings 
 it again into the World, be attended with 
 still greater Success : And I shall be glad 
 to see such an Evidence of growing 
 Christianity and living Religion among 
 us, that such an Assemblage of Divine 
 Mercies, which have been showered down 
 from Heaven in different Ages upon this 
 wretched World, ever since the Fall of 
 Man, comes into the Relish and Taste 
 of Mankind, so far as to be perused and 
 prized by them. May the Holy Spirit 
 of God who indited all these Promises, 
 and our Blessed Mediator who by his 
 Ministry and by his Blood has seal'd and 
 confirm'd them all, render them every Day 
 more and more powerful and prevalent 
 to draw the Hearts of Men towards God, 
 and to fit them for the Enjoyment of 
 these Words of Grace in their compleat 
 Accomplishment in Glory. Amen. 
 
 I. Watts. 
 
 Newington, 
 
 January igth, lysf. 
 
 d THE
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 )HE small volume known as " The 
 "Scripture Promises" has been a 
 very popular, and is still a well- 
 known work. Since its publi- 
 cation in 1720 it has gone through many 
 editions; the second in 1738, equipped 
 with a preface by Dr. Watts ; the third 
 in 1750; the fourth in 1760; and the last 
 of many others, in 1863, its popularity 
 having increased, owing to its publication 
 in a cheaper form, in the present century. 
 Its author, Dr. Samuel Clark, came of a race 
 not unknown in the theological literature of 
 the 17th and i8th centuries. His ancestor, 
 in the fourth degree, was Vicar of Wolston. 
 His great grandfather, Samuel Clark, Vicar 
 of Alcester, and afterwards of Bennet Fink 
 in London, was a voluminous and popular 
 writer, whose "Mirror" and "Martyrology" 
 have gone through many editions, still 
 finding a place in the lower shelves of 
 libraries, and whose books of Lives are 
 
 even
 
 xii. Preface. 
 
 even now quoted in all dictionaries of 
 biography. His grandfather, a second 
 Samuel, Fellow of Pembroke Hall, and 
 Rector of Grendon-Underwood, was a very 
 learned and industrious biblical scholar, 
 whose Annotations upon both Old and New 
 Testaments were introduced by Baxter, 
 Owen, Bates, and Howe ; commended by 
 Tillotson ; largely employed by Doddridge ; 
 in the later editions praised by Whitfield, 
 and are still quoted by Commentators. 
 They were accompanied by a " Harmony of 
 "the Gospels," one of the earliest of the 
 kind, and followed a few years later by an 
 " Analytical Survey of the Bible," and a 
 Concordance ; only superseded by the more 
 copious work of Cruden. Both father and 
 son, and some other collateral kinsmen 
 of their name and family, were among 
 those deprived of their benefices by the 
 Bartholomew Act, all of whom remained in 
 faithful though silent communion with the 
 Church in which they had been baptized 
 and ordained, and had long ministered. 
 
 The third Samuel, two generations lower 
 down, the author of this Collection of the 
 Promises, was also a man of some classical 
 learning, and a severe student of the Holy 
 
 Scriptures
 
 Preface. xiii. 
 
 Scriptures. Born in 1684, he became 
 pastor of the congregation, then newly 
 formed, at St. Albans, where he served 
 faithfully for 38 years, and dying suddenly 
 while engaged in his ministry, in 1759, at 
 the age of 66, was buried in the church- 
 yard of St. Peter's Church, beneath a 
 stone on which he is described, no doubt 
 by Doddridge, as "learned, candid, and 
 "pious. 
 
 He was a man of a remarkably modest 
 and unassuming character, the Pastor of a 
 small and in no way distinguished congre- 
 gation, which however he declined to 
 exchange for others of greater wealth and 
 higher social or intellectual consideration. 
 That his memory has been preserved is 
 due in part to the present volume, and in 
 part to his intimate connection with Dr. 
 Doddridge, to whose success in life he 
 largely contributed. 
 
 Philip Doddridge was descended, col- 
 laterally, from the well remembered Judge 
 of that name, and his grandfather, the 
 Rev. John Doddridge, was one of the 
 ejected ministers. At thirteen years old, 
 being an orphan, he was sent to school at 
 St. Albans, and soon afterwards, by the 
 
 imprudence
 
 xiv. Preface, 
 
 imprudence of an agent, he was reduced to 
 poverty. Dr. Clark, hearing of his neces- 
 sities, and probably aware of his grave and 
 studious character, took him by the hand, 
 enabled him to carry on his studies, and 
 finally delivered the charge admitting him to 
 the ministry. Of Dr. Clark's care for his 
 concerns, both spiritual and temporal, 
 Doddridge, in after life, frequently ex- 
 pressed his deep sense, and in the sermon 
 preached at his funeral he says, "to him, 
 " I may truly say, that, under God, I owe 
 " even myself, and all my opportunities of 
 " public usefulness in the Church ; to him, 
 " who was not only the instructor of my 
 " childhood and youth in the principles of 
 " religion, but my guardian when a helpless 
 " orphan, as well as the generous, tender, 
 " faithful friend of all my advancing years." 
 Many of Dr. Clark's letters, mostly of 
 advice and encouragement, together with 
 others addressed to him by Doddridge, 
 have been printed. Samuel Clark, the 
 Doctor's eldest son, was a pupil of Dod- 
 dridge, and edited his lectures. When 
 Doddridge left for Lisbon, to Mr. Clark he 
 committed the charge of his affairs, ac- 
 counting it he says, "a singular happiness 
 
 "that
 
 Preface, xv. 
 
 " that God had given to him an assistant to 
 " whom he could cheerfully consign the 
 " care of his academy and congregation, 
 " whose great prudence and wise disposition 
 " of affairs made him quite easy as to 
 " both." Samuel Clark was injured by a 
 fall from his horse and died 6th December, 
 1769, in his 42nd year, unmarried. His 
 epitaph was written by Dr. Nathaniel 
 Cotton, of St. Albans, the friend of Cowper, 
 and the closing lines, though highly eulo- 
 gistic, were in substance true, and seem to 
 
 deserve preservation here. 
 
 "What tho' such various worth is seldom known. 
 No adulation rears this sacred stone ; 
 No partial love this genuine picture draws ; 
 No venal pencil prostitutes applause : 
 Justice and truth in artless colours paint 
 The Man, the Friend, the Preacher, and the Saint." 
 
 The feeling, antagonistic to the Church 
 of England, which, strongly political, per- 
 vades the Dissenters of the present century, 
 was in no degree felt by Dr. Clark, or by 
 his friends Doddridge and Watts, any 
 more than by their successors, on parallel 
 lines, Wesley and Whitfield. Their ob- 
 jections were to the government and 
 discipline, rather than to the doctrines of 
 the episcopal Church, though they dis- 
 approved
 
 xvi. Preface. 
 
 approved to some extent of the use of 
 formularies other than the actual words of 
 Scripture. Above all they, were implicit 
 believers in the Divinity of our Lord, and 
 rested their hopes solely upon His suffer- 
 ings, death, and resurrection. As the 
 descendants of the men ejected under the 
 Bartholomew Act have a history peculiar 
 to themselves, and had little in common 
 with the great body of English Dissenters, 
 it will be convenient briefly to explain their 
 origin, conduct, and position. By some 
 they were called Presbyterians, by others 
 Independents, but they do not seem ever 
 to have assumed these or any other names, 
 nor did they, for many years, if at all, act 
 in a body, or acknowledge any common 
 form of Church government. 
 
 When, some years ago, the year of 
 Grace 1862 completed the second century 
 from the passing of the celebrated Act of 
 Uniformity, much was spoken and written 
 in commemoration of the two thousand 
 incumbents of the Church of England who 
 left their benefices and accepted poverty 
 rather than subscribe to its conditions. It 
 was indeed a sacrifice for conscience sake 
 of which Englishmen do well to be proud, 
 
 and
 
 Preface. xvii. 
 
 and the more so that, as with the Huguenots 
 in France, the sufferers had no organization 
 as a party, had not time even to convene a 
 meeting, but each had to act for himself, 
 and upon the dictates of his own conscience. 
 But what, at the time, was passed by in 
 silence, was the curious fact that nearly the 
 whole body of those called orthodox 
 dissenters spoke and acted as though they, 
 and they only, were the representatives of 
 the ejected ministers, while in truth scarcely 
 any were descended from them either car- 
 nally or spiritually, and they had little in 
 common with their ecclesiastical opinions, 
 and still less with their attitude towards the 
 Church of England. Even their appella- 
 tion was incorrectly assumed. Just as the 
 attorney of the last century is now com- 
 monly known as a solicitor, the modern 
 Dissenter assumes the name of Noncon- 
 formist. No doubt, etymologically, all who 
 do not conform are nonconformists, as all 
 who not swear allegiance are nonjurors, but 
 technically, the term "nonconformist" was 
 confined to the men who were ejected on 
 St. Bartholomew's day under the Act of 
 Uniformity of 1622, just as the term 
 " nonjuror " is confined to those who on 
 
 c the
 
 xviii. Preface. 
 
 the arrival of William III. left the Church 
 of England for opposite reasons. The 
 subject is not without its interest to both 
 Churchmen and Dissenters, and it is here 
 proposed to shew briefly what was the 
 relation of the Bartholomew men to the 
 Established Church, and how they are 
 really represented at the present day. 
 
 A CENTURY ago a frequent appendage to 
 the towns and larger villages of England 
 was a square, or rather an oblong building 
 of red brick, with windows narrow in 
 proportion to their height, the roof, chisel 
 pointed and covered with red tiles, and 
 now and then a carved hood over the door. 
 With little architectural merit, these build- 
 ings were not vulgar, for they were not 
 pretentious. Unlike many modern meeting 
 houses, they display no attempts at decora- 
 tions in the Gothic or Ecclesiastical style, 
 but proclaimed to all their origin and 
 occupation. The bricks were always of 
 good colour, and when a little subdued by 
 time, became agreeable to the eye ; the 
 walls were of fair thickness, and the work- 
 manship sound and honest. They rose 
 before the employment of plaster, and when 
 large and smooth slates were scarcely in 
 
 use.
 
 Preface. xix. 
 
 use. The internal fittings were of the 
 plainest ; usually of deal, often unpainted ; 
 and designed to accommodate with comfort 
 a moderate congregation, with a pulpit so 
 placed that all might hear and take part in 
 the service. Sometimes the building stood 
 in a burial ground of moderate area, and 
 the memorials of the dead were simple and 
 plain. Minister and congregation had been 
 thrust out with some harshness from the 
 Church, but those who had actually suffered 
 the wrong seldom retained any feeling of 
 animosity ; they were baptized, married, 
 and not unfrequently buried with their 
 fathers in and about the Parish Church. 
 Their secession was accomplished with 
 great reluctance, and though debarred from 
 ministerial office in the Church, they con- 
 tinued to regard themselves as among 
 her members. The earlier ministers, in- 
 cluding Richard Baxter and his friends, 
 attended parochial worship when the pulpit 
 was unusually well filled, and more fre- 
 quently to partake of the Holy Communion. 
 The Statute book did not indeed place 
 them on the same level with the members 
 of the National Church, but for some years 
 they availed themselves of some of her 
 
 privileges,
 
 XX. Preface. 
 
 privileges, declined to regard themselves 
 as schismatics, and by no means desired 
 her destruction. It is also on record that 
 in those halcyon days their form of dissent 
 did not affect the social position of its 
 professors : their congregations included 
 Russells, Cecils, Knightleys, Houghtons 
 and Copes, and some who " wore a coronet 
 " and prayed." The first Pastors or 
 Ministers, as they were called, were almost 
 all members of the old universities, nearly 
 all had held benefices, some of them, as 
 Hildersham, Annesley, and Gatacre, were 
 men of good family, and all the elder men 
 had received Episcopal ordination. The 
 points of difference, though many, scarcely 
 extended to doctrine, and a small conces- 
 sion then, as to the later Wesley, would 
 have restored some of them to the Church's 
 fold. 
 
 And first as to their oriorin. Among- the 
 varieties of religious opinion called into ex- 
 istence by the Great Reformation were 
 two main types of belief, the one holding 
 the separation from Rome as too sharp 
 and too wide, and the other being of opinion 
 that too great tenderness had been shewn 
 to the Romish doctrines, and too great 
 
 toleration
 
 Preface. xxi. 
 
 toleration, especially in the Cathedral Ser- 
 vices, for the Romish Ritual, Both these, 
 differing considerably, were nevertheless 
 honest and loyal members of the National 
 Church ; though the high party being 
 opposed to change, was naturally favoured 
 by the ruling powers, while the low party, 
 persecuted to the death by Henry, severely 
 repressed by Elizabeth, and teased and 
 irritated by James, was nevertheless not 
 without its share in the dignities of the 
 Establishment, and was occasionally repre- 
 sented in the Episcopal, and even in the 
 Archiepiscopal chairs. 
 
 Under Charles and Laud as his minister, 
 the low party, being persecuted civilly and 
 ecclesiastically, prodigiously increased, but 
 they were imbued with much of the spirit 
 of the gospel, were moderate in their 
 opinions, opposed to violence, and in conse- 
 quence, much disliked by the Independents 
 and fanatics, and regarded with no favour 
 by Cromwell, of whom Baxter says " he 
 *' kept as much honesty and godliness as 
 "his cause and interest would allow him." 
 They were, like Sir Matthew Hale and 
 other patriotic Englishmen, loyal to the 
 existing governments whether of the Par- 
 liament
 
 xxii. Preface. 
 
 liament or the Protector, and continued to 
 hold their offices and discharge their pa- 
 rochial duties. Some of their leaders acted 
 as "Triers" for the examination and ordina- 
 tion of candidates and their induction into 
 benefices and, in the absence of the Pre- 
 lates, necessarily discharged functions which 
 hitherto had been confined to those who 
 regarded themselves as the spiritual descen- 
 dants of the Apostles. Though tolerant 
 of most other sects, they held little in 
 common with the Baptists, and nothing 
 with the Unitarians or Socinians, of whom, 
 with the Papists, they were strongly intoler- 
 ant. They may be said to have held pretty 
 much the same relative position spiritually 
 in the Church that was held long afterwards 
 by the followers of Newton, Scott, and 
 Simeon, under the name of the Evangel- 
 ical party. On the overthrow of the 
 Established Church, their political opinions 
 became more distinctly pronounced, but 
 their doctrine remained unaltered ; and they 
 continued to have no objection, on principle, 
 to either an Episcopacy or a Liturgy, 
 though they wished to revive the popular 
 element in the election of the Bishops, and 
 desired a very moderate alteration in the 
 
 baptismal
 
 Preface. xxHi. 
 
 baptismal and burial services, and in that 
 for the visitation of the sick. They had, 
 indeed, their own views on many points of 
 discipline, and became known as Presby- 
 terians. The name was misleading, since 
 it was already borne by the Kirk of Scot- 
 land, from which they differed very 
 materially ; but in England it served to 
 distinguish them from the Episcopalian, 
 and from other Puritan sects, especially 
 from the Baptists. It is, however, import- 
 ant that those who, in writing, are obliged 
 to make use of the name, should not forget 
 the qualified sense that appertains to it. 
 It should also be remembered that their 
 opinions were speculative only and did not 
 prevent them from holding preferment in 
 the English Church, from signingits articles, 
 or making use of its liturgical formularies. 
 They approved of the Restoration, 
 though with some misgivings, from the 
 absence of conditions ; and a large body of 
 the London Clergy, though holding the 
 above opinions, joined in the procession to 
 meet the King and were well received, and 
 presented him with a Bible. His Majesty 
 was liberal in promises, as was his wont 
 with what cost him nothing. The Bible, 
 
 he
 
 xxiv. Preface. 
 
 he assured them, should be the rule and 
 government of his life. He had already, 
 at the Hague, promised them comprehen- 
 sion and toleration. Ten of their number, 
 including Baxter and Calamy, were nom- 
 inated as King's chaplains, of whom five 
 preached at least once in that capacity. 
 Three Deaneries and as many Bishoprics 
 were offered to the leaders, and one of the 
 latter, that of Norwich, was accepted. 
 
 They were willing to acknowledge an 
 Episcopal government on the basis of 
 Archbishop Usher's scheme : suffragans to 
 be appointed, and the Bishops' powers to 
 be shared with a synod. They had their 
 grievances, which most of them had suffered 
 for during the late King's reign, but they 
 wished if possible to conform, and what- 
 ever their nominal demands, a moderate 
 concession would probably have then been 
 accepted. 
 
 With the monarchy was restored the 
 Episcopal Order, and the first differences 
 arose on the refusal of the Bishops to 
 acknowledge the ordination or induction 
 of those who during the interregnum, and 
 in their absence, had accepted Church prefer- 
 ment. Upon this point the Bishops were 
 
 firm
 
 Preface. xxv. 
 
 firm, and there was no disposition in the 
 new government to over-rule their decision. 
 This exclusion did not affect the older men, 
 as Baxter, Samuel Clark, and Calamy, but 
 it reduced some scores of the younger men 
 to poverty, and what they liked as little, to 
 silence. Charles, easy, good-natured, and 
 utterly indifferent, would gladly have con- 
 sented to a compromise, but the royalists 
 were essentially Episcopalians, and the 
 Bishops evidently desired to exclude the 
 whole of the Presbyterian party, as likely 
 to be less troublesome outside than inside 
 the Church. After meetings, at one of 
 which, that of Worcester House, the King 
 was present, and spoke in a very moderate 
 spirit, it became evident that the Bishops 
 desired nothing so little as a compromise, 
 and were as fully determined to hold their 
 ground on the defensive as Baxter and his 
 friends, now greatly excited, and disposed 
 to rise in their demands, were on the other 
 or aggressive side. The latter wished to 
 ventilate their opinions in public, and to 
 have a personal discussion. To this the 
 Bishops were opposed, but a Conference 
 was finally agreed upon, and a royal com- 
 mission issued with a summons to assemble 
 
 d in
 
 XXVI. Preface. 
 
 in the Savoy, where the Presbyterians had 
 held a meeting in 1659. "The Savoy 
 "Conference," by which name it is known 
 in the annals of the Church of England, 
 met in May, 1661, and included twelve 
 Doctors on the one side, and twelve leaders 
 of the Presbyterian party on the other ; 
 and to each side were allotted nine assis- 
 tants all, or very nearly all, of whom, were 
 in the Communion of the Church of 
 England. The Conference having talked 
 much, and after many interruptions and 
 many personal reflections from both sides, 
 broke up, having settled nothing, and 
 leaving each party more embittered than 
 ever, if possible, against the other. The 
 result, as no doubt had been foreseen, was 
 a complete failure, Pearson, one is glad to 
 learn, and Bishop Gauden, were distin- 
 guished for their moderation ; Morley of 
 Winchester was violent, shewing, it was 
 thought by his adversaries, distinctly 
 Romish tendencies, Baxter, as usual 
 intensely critical, with Calamy, led their 
 party. His original demands were thought, 
 even by his own supporters, impracticable, 
 and Samuel Clark, the Martyrologist, his 
 personal friend, and who had been repeat- 
 edly
 
 Preface. xxvii. 
 
 edly President of Sion College, was 
 appointed to counsel moderation, and to 
 calm that fiery and somewhat over- 
 bearing spirit. The Bishops however, 
 from the first, would concede nothing, and 
 called upon their oj^ponents to put in a 
 copy of the liturgy as they wished it to 
 stand. This they agreed to do, though 
 very unwillingly, and with reason, for the 
 proposed reform, in Baxter's hands, was a 
 revolution, and the liturgy he drew up went 
 far to shew the impracticability of any kind 
 of union, and thus to justify the Bishops in 
 their refusal to treat. That they used their 
 victory harshly there can be no doubt, 
 having the royalists, and for the time the 
 royalist feeling of the nation with them, 
 they passed the celebrated " Act of 
 Uniformity" under which those ministers 
 who entered their profession when there 
 were no Bishops forthcoming to admit 
 them, were to be episcopally ordained, and 
 all who did not declare their assent and 
 consent to the book of Common Prayer, 
 and to some other points on which that 
 book was silent, by the 24th of August, 
 1662, being St. Bartholomew's Day, were 
 to be ejected from all benefices, schools, 
 
 or
 
 xxviii. Preface. 
 
 or other ecclesiastical offices. This was 
 closely followed by a second Act, and all 
 preachers, though holding no ecclesiastical 
 office were to be silenced. This again was 
 followed by the Conventicle Act, making 
 penal an assembly of more than five persons 
 under colour of religion, and in 1665 came 
 the Five Mile Act, under which all minis- 
 ters who refused to swear " not at any time 
 " to endeavour any alteration in Church or 
 "State," were forbidden to come within 
 five miles of any city or borough, or any 
 place where they had been ministers ; and 
 this again led the way to a renewal of the 
 Conventicle Act with a very strict clause, 
 under which it was forbidden to preach in 
 any private house. Even a bequest of 
 money for the relief of such of the ejected 
 ministers as were in want was adjudged 
 illegal, and the money seized and applied 
 to other uses. Those who refused the new 
 oaths were branded as schismatics, although 
 the point in dispute could not finally be 
 held to constitute a schism, and it was well 
 known that many a conformist held opinions 
 which were of the nature of schism, which 
 does not necessarily apply to a mere separ- 
 ation. The result of this persecution was 
 
 to
 
 Preface. xxix. 
 
 to unite the moderate with the extreme 
 party, and to deprive the Church of England 
 of a large body of earnest, conscientious, 
 law abiding, and by no means unlearned 
 men, of whom a considerable number, had 
 they simply been permitted to remain un- 
 disturbed, would have given no further 
 trouble. As it was, nearly 2,000 ministers 
 and their very numerous followers were 
 permanently alienated from the Church, 
 and after a few years of severe persecution 
 took up so strong a position that on the 
 arrival of William III. they built meeting 
 houses and formed independent congrega- 
 tions. 
 
 One of William's first acts, at the instance 
 of Tillotson, was to appoint a Commission 
 to consider the questions of toleration and 
 comprehension. Various and indeed ex- 
 tensive alterations in the Liturgy were 
 proposed, mostly in favour of comprehen- 
 sion, and had the spirit then shewn been 
 displayed at the Savoy Conference, it is 
 possible that many of the ministers would 
 have returned to the Church ; but time had 
 brought about many changes, congrega- 
 tions had been collected, connexions formed, 
 and chapels built, and the Commission 
 
 came
 
 XXX. Preface. 
 
 came to an end having produced, after the 
 manner of Commissions, nothing but a 
 report. Some of the new chapels were 
 endowed, and it is remarkable that the trust 
 deeds seldom if ever specify any distinct 
 form of faith. The Presbyterians and 
 Independents were at that time and long 
 afterwards closely allied ; the former 
 leaning somewhat towards the Church, 
 the latter rather from it, but with the latter 
 were some of the ejected ministers. 
 
 Their education at home being prohi- 
 bited, their students had recourse to the 
 Universities of Holland and North Ger- 
 many, nor was it until the Revolution that 
 they were able to afford instruction in their 
 own country. The first fruit of the new 
 liberty was the formation, by voluntary 
 efforts, of the well-known " Presbyterian 
 Fund," the principal object of which was 
 to encourage the education of students for 
 the Christian Ministry, the success of which 
 was immediate and lasting. Under its 
 influence, great and rapid progress was 
 made in the foundation of schools and 
 places of education, the Presbyterian party 
 being at that time not only very numerous, 
 but high in social position and influence. 
 
 For
 
 Preface. xxxi. 
 
 For degrees in divinity they had recourse 
 to the Scottish Universities, but they took 
 ordination at the hands of their own elders. 
 Of their schools and academies, those of 
 Doddridge at Northampton, Jennings at 
 Kibworth, Ashworth at Daventry, Theo- 
 philus Gale at Stoke Newington, were 
 celebrated, as were others at Norwich, 
 Birmingham, Leeds, Warrington, Hackney, 
 Hoxton, and in London. Provision was 
 also made by the King's Head Society, in 
 1730, for the training of future ministers, 
 and produced some of considerable emi- 
 nence. They did not compete with the 
 universities in the higher branches of 
 criticism or in the graces of classical com- 
 position, but they included many branches 
 of knowledge far better suited to the 
 wants of the lower middle classes, and far 
 more immediately useful to those who had 
 to make their way in the world in trade or 
 commerce. They included eminent mer- 
 chants among their pupils and members, 
 and were especially strong in the City of 
 London. Sir Humphrey Edwin, then Lord 
 Mayor, came to Pinners Hall in state in 
 1697, and Sir Thomas Abney, also a 
 Presbyterian, filled that office in 1 700. 
 
 The
 
 xxxii. Preface. 
 
 The question of liturgical forms, for 
 some time set aside, forced its way gradually- 
 forward, and in 17 19 a meeting was con- 
 vened at Salters Hall in London to discuss 
 and decide upon this very important ques- 
 tion. The meeting was well attended, and 
 when the question of Creed or no Creed 
 was put to the vote it was decided in the 
 negative by fifty-seven voices against fifty- 
 one, and declared that no form of belief 
 other than the very words of Scripture 
 should be adopted, and that it should be 
 left to each conafreo^'ation to hold what 
 opinions seemed to its members to be 
 right, unshackled by any forms inferred or 
 deduced, however strictly, from the Scrip- 
 tures. A few, and but a few, objecting, 
 took refuge in the Church of England, and 
 joined what afterwards became the Evan- 
 gelical party, but the greater number seem 
 to have drifted into Unitarian opinions, 
 more or less strongly pronounced. These 
 also, in politics, took extreme views, and 
 became warm approvers of the French 
 Revolution, at least in its earlier stages. 
 Their opinions, strongly taken up at 
 Birmingham, Norwich, and in London, 
 found their way into the pulpits and among 
 
 the
 
 Preface. xxxiii. 
 
 the congregations, each of which elected 
 their own ministers according to the views 
 that at the time happened to prevail, so 
 that Unitarian and Trinitarian doctrines 
 were held by contiguous congregations, and 
 were preached not unfrequently from the 
 same pulpit. Thus it came to pass that 
 men who differed widely from Doddridge 
 and Watts, such for example as Priestly, 
 Belsham, Price, Chandler, Kippis, and 
 Aiken, occupied what had been founded as 
 orthodox chapels. By degrees this state 
 of things, this absence of test or liturgical 
 form, offering no check to or even record 
 
 of any change of opinion, led to the present 
 state of things, in which by far the greater 
 number of the chapels founded by the 
 ejected ministers are occupied by Unitarian 
 congregations, so that the Unitarian body 
 is really the chief representative of the 
 Bartholomew clergy. This to those who, 
 with the present writer, hold the doctrinal 
 opinions of Baxter and the Author of 
 " The Scripture Promises " is painful, but 
 it is not the less the truth, and strange as 
 it may appear, it is the Unitarian section, 
 and not the great body of English Dis- 
 senters, who are really derived from the 
 ejected Ministers. 
 
 e It
 
 xxxiv. Preface. 
 
 It has been said, and no doubt with truth, 
 that an indifference to the visible bonds of 
 Church union produces a craving for reli- 
 gious excitement, but in this case the effect 
 was of a reverse character, and the congre- 
 gations for a long time to come certainly 
 could not be accused of a craving- for 
 spiritual religion. 
 
 The conclusion to which this orradual and 
 at the time imperceptible change of doctrine 
 seems naturally to lead, is surely in favour 
 of the adoption of some kind of formulary 
 to secure the maintenance of a particular 
 belief, or at any rate to mark any departure 
 from it in practice, and it may, perhaps, be 
 permitted to a member of the Church of 
 England, though of a Bartholomew stock, 
 to express an opinion that for spirituality of 
 tone, moderation and charity of temper, 
 fidelity to Scripture, and purity and eleva- 
 tion of style, there exists no collection of 
 formularies to be compared with the 
 Common Prayer Book of his own Church. 
 Not a few indeed of her most faithful 
 members desire to see the Creed called of 
 St. Athanasius, as unfitted for a public 
 service, relegated to her articles or canons ; 
 the form of absolution in her Visitation of 
 
 the
 
 Preface. xxxv. 
 
 the Sick made to conform to her general 
 absolution ; and the declaration as to the 
 condition of the dead in her Burial service, 
 made the expression of a pious hope rather 
 than of a positive assertion. No human com- 
 position is or can be absolutely perfect, and 
 surely these blemishes, if blemishes they 
 be, are not such as to justify clamour or 
 attack, still less to be pleaded as reasons 
 for departure from her Communion. 
 
 THE
 
 THE 
 
 INTRODUCTION, 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 Some Observations tipon the Excellency 
 and Use of the Promises, and Directions 
 for the right Application of them. 
 
 ESIDES the many other Elvi- 
 dences the Holy Scripture 
 carries in it of a Divine 
 Original, there are especially 
 remarkable the Sublimity, Excellency and 
 Reasonableness of the Doctrines it teaches ; 
 the Wisdom, Holiness, and Perfection of 
 the Rules of Life it lays down ; and the 
 Strength and Efficacy of those Sanctions, 
 with which it enforces its Precepts. As 
 the Threatnings\\3.v& the greatest Tendency 
 to strike an Awe upon the Mind, and to lay 
 a powerful Restraint upon every irregular 
 Inclination, so the Promises are of such 
 a Nature as most strongly to excite to, and 
 
 give
 
 xxxviii. The Introduction. 
 
 give the greatest Encouragement in, a 
 Course of Piety and universal Holiness. 
 It is therefore with the highest Reason the 
 Apostle says of them, That there are given 
 unto us exceeding great and precious Pro- 
 mises, that by these tve might be Partakers 
 of the Divine Nature^ having escaped the 
 Corruption that is in the World through 
 Lust, 2 Pet. i. 4. They are great and 
 excellent ; whether we consider the Nature 
 and Variety of the Blessings contained in 
 them, the Manner in which they are 
 expressed, the Certainty with which we 
 may depend upon them, or their happy 
 Influence upon the Mind. 
 
 They contain Blessings of all Sorts, of 
 the most excellent Nature, and suited to 
 every Circumstance. As Man is made up 
 of Body as well as Spirit, and the Neces- 
 sities of this present Life must be provided 
 for, as well as his Happiness secured in the 
 next ; in the Promises abundant Care is 
 taken of both, and Provision is made for 
 the Peace. Comfort, and Welfare of the 
 Christian, both in this, and in the other 
 World. He is assured of the several 
 Necessaries and Conveniences of this Life, 
 in such a measure, as Infinite Wisdom sees 
 best for him. And since we are exposed 
 to various Troubles and Calamities, there 
 are many Promises made with relation to 
 them ; either that we shall be preserved 
 
 from
 
 The Introduction. xxxix. 
 
 from those Afflictions, or, if it be necessary 
 we should be exercised with them, that we 
 shall be powerfully supported under them, 
 and in the best Time and Way, delivered 
 from them, after that they have been made 
 to answer the most excellent Ends upon 
 us. Nor is it easy to say, what a vast 
 Variety of Consolations are provided for 
 our Relief in those Trials. But, however 
 valuable, considering the Circumstances of 
 our present State, the Promises relating to 
 Temporal Enjoyments and Afflictions, may 
 be, they are not to be compared with the 
 Excellency and Glory of those Spiritual 
 and Eternal Blessings, with which we are 
 blessed in Christ Jesus, and of which we 
 have the most clear, full and express 
 Promises in the Gospel. Therein, how 
 great, how particular a Regard is had to 
 the Condition of fallen, sinful Man ! What 
 Care is taken to ease the Conscience under 
 the Burden of Guilt, and the Apprehensions 
 of Divine Wrath, by the most gracious 
 Promises of Pardon and Mercy ! What 
 Assurances given of Reconciliation and 
 Acceptance with God, through the Blood 
 and Intercession of the Redeemer! To 
 what glorious Privileges and high Honours 
 is the Christian advanced ! Such as, The 
 Adoption of Children, A kind Regard to 
 all his Prayers, The Ministry of Angels, 
 and, An Interest in the Grace, Love and 
 
 Fellow-
 
 xl. The Introduction. 
 
 Fellowship of God the Father, and of his 
 Eternal Son and Spirit. In the Promises 
 is contained all that Grace which is requisite 
 to refine and ennoble our Natures, to 
 inlighten our Understandings, to regulate 
 our Wills, and purify our Affections ; to pre- 
 serve us from Sin, and all the Contrivances 
 and Snares of the Devil and the World, 
 and to exalt us to the highest Perfection of 
 Holiness and Happiness. 
 
 The Manner in which these Blessino-s 
 are promised, still further adds to their 
 Value. They are not expressed in general 
 or ambiguous Terms, but with the greatest 
 Clearness and Perspicuity. God would 
 not leave his People at an Uncertainty, 
 concernino" his kind Intentions towards 
 
 <!z> 
 
 them. If the Meaning of a Promise seems 
 doubtful in one Place, it is abundantly 
 cleared up in several others. Nor is it 
 only here and there in some few Passages, 
 or in a cold and reserved Manner, that God 
 has signified his good Will ; but, upon the 
 Account of our Dulness and Slowness to 
 believe what God has promised, he has 
 both made use of the strongest Words and 
 Phrases that Language could furnish out, 
 and has over and over, in great Variety of 
 Expression, often repeated the Assurances 
 of his Favour. He has contrived his 
 Promises so as to meet with all our Object- 
 tions, and remove all our Doubts and Fears : 
 
 And
 
 The Introduction. xli. 
 
 And herein he has been pleased to shew 
 an Affection, Tenderness, and Condescen- 
 sion, which could not be expected from an 
 earthly Prince to his Subjects, much less 
 from the Great and Glorious Majesty of 
 Heaven and Earth to sinful Dust and 
 Ashes. 
 
 But what doth in the highest Degree 
 inhance the Worth and Excellency of the 
 Pro77iises, is the Evidences we have that 
 they shall certainly be made good ; since, 
 as the Apostle argues, Heb. vi. 17, 18, we 
 have for them both the Word and 
 Oath of that God who cannot lye, that so 
 we might have strong Consolation, who have 
 fled for Refuge, to lay hold npon the Hope 
 set before us. And of the Covenant 
 thus confirmed, Christ the Son of God is 
 made the Surety, Heb. vii. 22, having 
 ratified it by his own Blood. And that all 
 the Ever-blessed Trinity might concur in 
 establishing our Faith upon the strongest 
 Foundation, the Holy Spirit of God 
 witnesses the Truth of the Promises, by 
 his miraculous Operations, when first 
 poured forth upon the Apostles, and by 
 his sanctifying Influences upon the Hearts 
 of all true Christians, both then and ever- 
 since. Hereby he inspires into them a 
 lively Hope, and furnishes them with well- 
 o-rounded Evidences of their Interest in 
 the Promises ; and their Hope inakes them 
 
 f not
 
 xHi. The Introduction. 
 
 7iot ashamed, because the Love of God 
 is shed abroad in their Hearts by the 
 Holy Ghost, which is given unto the7u, 
 Rom. V. 5. 
 
 The Promises therefore of the Gospel 
 being of so excellent a Nature, and con- 
 firmed to us by such Authority and 
 Evidence, cannot but have very great and 
 happy Influences upon the Mind, when 
 seriously attended to, and applied with 
 Faith ; especially as they are the Means 
 by which the Spirit of God carries on his 
 Workuponthe Soul. They are the strongest 
 Arguments to persuade the Sinner to turn 
 to God, the greatest Encouragement to a 
 humble, believing Dependance upon the 
 Grace of Christ in the Gospel, and the 
 most powerful Motives to sincere and 
 universal Obedience : Since by them we 
 are assured, that every penitent Sinner 
 shall find the most gracious Acceptance ; 
 that from the Grace of Christ we shall 
 derive sufficient Strength and Capacity 
 for every Duty ; and that in keeping 
 God's Commands there is great Reward. 
 So that would we but duly consider the 
 several Promises made to every Exercise 
 of Grace, and every Performance of Duty, 
 what a Spur would this be to quicken our 
 slow Pace in the Ways of Holiness ! 
 What an Encourag-ement to be stedfast 
 and i?nmovable, always abounding in the 
 
 Work
 
 The Introduction. xlili. 
 
 Work of the Lord, forasmuch as we kfiow 
 that our Labour is not in vain in the 
 Lord, I Cor. xv. 58. 
 
 A Fixed, constant Attention to the 
 Promises, and a firm Belief of them, 
 would prevent Solicitude and Anxiety 
 about the Concerns of this Life. It would 
 keep the Mind quiet and compos'd in 
 every Change, and support and keep up our 
 sinking Spirits under the several Troubles 
 of Life. In the Multitude of my Thoughts 
 within me, thy Comforts delight my Soul, 
 Ps. xciv. 19. Christians deprive them- 
 selves of their most solid Comforts by 
 their Unbelief and Forgetfulness of 
 God's Promises. For there is no Extrem- 
 ity so great, but there are Promises 
 suitable to it, and abundantly sufficient 
 for our Relief in it. 
 
 A THOROUGH Acquaintance with the 
 Promises would be of the greatest Advan- 
 tage in Prayer. With what Comfort may 
 the Christian address himself to God 
 in Christ, when he considers the repeated 
 Assurances that his Prayers shall be heard } 
 With how much Satisfaction may he offer 
 up the several Desires of his Heart, 
 when he reflects upon the Texts wherein 
 those very Mercies are promised ? And 
 with what Fervour of Spirit, and Strength 
 of Faith, may he enforce his Prayers, by 
 pleading the several gracious Promises, 
 which are expressly to his Case ? 
 
 Further,
 
 xllv. The Introduction. 
 
 Further, Great Assistance and En- 
 couragement may the Christian derive in 
 his Spiritual Warfare, when he takes a 
 View of the many Promises of Grace 
 and Strength to mortify Sin, and to resist 
 the Devil ; of Success and a final Victory 
 in his Conflicts with the Enemies of 
 his Salvation ; and of an incorruptible 
 Crown of Glory, to be given him as the 
 Reward of his Firmness, Constancy and 
 Perseverance. A great deal more may 
 be said, but that I would not too much 
 enlarge this Introdttdion, to shew of what 
 excellent Use the Promises would be 
 if duly attended to, to promote all the 
 Exercises of the Divine Life, and to inspire 
 into a good Man Comfort and Joy in every 
 State of Life. 
 
 That the Christian might have before 
 him, in one View, the many great and 
 precious Promises scattered up and down 
 in Scripture, and in such a Method as 
 easily to find what is suitable to his Case, 
 I have drawn up the following Collection. 
 The Occasion indeed, of my first entring 
 upon it, was to assist some Young Persons, 
 who very commendably and to their great 
 Advantage, are employ'd in improving 
 themselves, and one another, in the 
 Knowledge of the Scriptures ; one of 
 their Exercises being to treasure up in 
 their Memories, and question one another 
 
 upon
 
 The Introduction. xlv. 
 
 upon the Promises, under their several 
 Heads. At first I intended to put together 
 a small Number, upon some principal 
 Subjects ; but, upon searching the Scrip- 
 tures more and more Texts still offering 
 themselves, which I thought equally to my 
 Purpose, this Collection at length grew 
 so large, that the taking so many Copies 
 as were wanted, would have been a tedious 
 Work ; For which Reason, and in hopes 
 it might serve the same useful End to 
 others, I at last gave way to its being 
 made publick. Since I compleated it, I 
 have examin'd some other Collections I 
 have met with, and have added out of 
 them those few Texts, which I had not 
 before observed ; So that, I believe, this 
 is the fullest Collection of the kind of any 
 extant, at least that I have seen. 
 
 I HAVE endeavour'd to put them together 
 in such a Method as might be easiest 
 and fittest for common Use. I have not 
 increased the Heads to so great a Variety 
 of Particulars as some may expect ; both 
 because too many Divisions rather con- 
 found than assist the Memory ; and also 
 the applying of the Promises to Cases 
 too particular, would have too much con- 
 fin'd their Use, when capable of a more 
 extensive Application. If any therefore 
 want the Pro7nises for some Case they 
 don't find there mentioned, they may meet 
 
 with
 
 xlvi. The Introduction. 
 
 with them under some more general Head, 
 within which that Case is comprehended. 
 And for the same Reason, some of the 
 Promises may seem not so properly to 
 belong to the Head under which they are 
 ranged ; but as they are near a-kin to it, 
 I chose rather to put them together, than 
 to multiply Heads. There are also other 
 Texts, which some may think should have 
 been placed elsewhere : For instance, some 
 of the Promises under the Head of 
 Temporal Blessings, are by some under- 
 stood in a Figurative Sense of Spiritual, 
 and so on the contrary. I have taken 
 them in the Sense that appeared to me 
 most agreeable to the Design of the Spirit 
 of God ; though sometimes, where I 
 thought the Words were capable of both 
 Senses, I have written them in both 
 Places, Many other Texts also might 
 be rano^ed under different Heads : for 
 Example, either in the First Part, among 
 the Blessings promised ; or in the Second, 
 containino- the Graces and Duties to which 
 
 o 
 
 Promises are made ; and sometimes under 
 either of those Heads, which being nearly 
 related, follow one the other ; as the Head 
 of Sanctifying Grace in general, and 
 Converting Grace. If therefore what you 
 look for be not in one Place, you may 
 expect to find it in the other. For which 
 Purpose the References in the Table of 
 
 Contents
 
 The Introduction. xlvii. 
 
 Contents will be useful ; for I have generally 
 endeavoured to avoid Repetitions. Some- 
 times, indeed, the same Text may be met 
 with in different Places, but then it is 
 applied to different Purposes ; as when 
 several Blessings or Duties are comprized 
 in one, as Prov. xxii. 4, in /. 13. 
 
 Though all the Scriptures here collected 
 under the Name of Promises are useful 
 for the Comfort and Encouragement of 
 Christians in the Cases specified ; yet they 
 are expressed in different Forms. Some 
 contain direct Promises and Asstirances of 
 such and such Blessings. Of these, some 
 are made to all in general, according to 
 the Rules and Limitations of the Gospel ; 
 as Ps. Ixxxiv. II, /. I, and Ps. xxxiv. 9, 
 10, /. 3. But others are address'd to 
 Particular good Men in Scripture, which 
 yet every Christian may take Comfort in. 
 So that Promise made to Joshua, Chap. 
 i. 5, / will not fail thee nor forsake thee, 
 is by the Apostle apply'd to Christians 
 in general, Heb. xiii. 6. In the same man- 
 ner, Promises made to particular Churches, 
 are applicable to the Church of God in 
 general ; as those in the Old Testament 
 to the Jewish Church, Is. xxvii. 3, and 
 Zech. ii. 5, in /. 11, and those to the 
 Churches in the New Testament, Phil. iv. 
 19, /. 4, Rom. xvi. 20, /. 80, and many 
 more. The Rule in both these Cases, is 
 
 That
 
 / 
 
 xlviii. The Introduction. 
 
 That whatsoever Promises are made in 
 Scripture to particular Persons, in Cases, 
 and for Reasons, that equally concern other 
 good Men, they are applicable to the Com- 
 fort of all, and may be pleaded with Faith 
 in Prayer. The Words of the Apostle 
 afford a sufficient Foundation for this 
 Observation, Rom. xv. 4, Whatsoever 
 Things were ividtten aforetime^ were written 
 for ozLr Learning, that zue through 
 Patience and Comfort of the Scriptiij'es 
 might have Hope. 
 
 The Promises also made in particular 
 Cases to Persons in Scripture, may be 
 applied to the Encouragement of others, 
 so far as the Case and Circumstances agree, 
 though not absolutely, and in their whole 
 Extent. Thus the Promise made to 
 Solomon (2 Chron i. 11. 13. J of Wisdom, 
 and also of Riches and Honour, beyond all 
 that were before him, because he asked of 
 God Wisdom rather than Riches, &c., is 
 applicable to Solomon only, in its whole 
 Extent ; but yet gives Encouragement to 
 every good Man to hope, that if he seek 
 of God Wisdom above all other Things, 
 he shall obtain a large Measure of it, 
 according to what his Station requires, and 
 also so much of other worldly Advantages 
 as God sees best for him, according to 
 those more general Projjtises, Prov. viii. 
 17, 18. In the same manner the Promises 
 
 made
 
 The Introduction. xlix. 
 
 made by Christ to his Apostles of the 
 Holy Spirit, to teach thetn all Things, and 
 brino- all Thins's he had said to them to 
 Reinenibrance, John xiv. 26, and to guide 
 them into all Truth, Chap. xvi. 13, though 
 they are not to be apply'd to others in the 
 same degree as to the Apostles, who were 
 by the Spirit extraordinarily inspir'd and 
 instructed in the whole Revelation of the 
 Gospel, and infallibly secured from Error, 
 this being peculiar to their Character as 
 Apostles ; yet they encourage all other 
 Christians to expect from the Spirit all that 
 Illumination, Instruction, and Guidance 
 which is necessary for them in their several 
 Circumstances, upon the diligent Use of 
 all appointed Means, so that they shall be 
 preserved from all dangerous and fatal 
 Mistakes and Errors, according to those 
 Promises, i John'ii. 20^ 27; Ps. xxv. 12, 
 and others ; in p. 72, 76, made to good 
 Men in general. 
 
 Besides those Scriptures that run in 
 the Form of Promises, there are others 
 which are Observations or Declarations of 
 the Blessings that generally attend the 
 several Exercises of Piety and Holiness ; 
 as Ps. cxi. 5, in /. 4, and Prov. xviii. 10, 
 in/. 7, and most of those collected out of 
 the Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. But as 
 these are Observations made under the 
 Inspiration of the Spirit of God, they 
 
 g give
 
 1. The Introduction. 
 
 give the same Encouragement to expect 
 the Blessings mentioned in them, as if 
 they were in the Form of Promises. 
 
 Some of the Texts do only express the 
 Experiences of good Men in Scripture, 
 or their Expectations from God ; as Ps. 
 xvi. 6, in /. i, Ps. xxiii. throughout, p. 3, 
 and Ps. Ixxi. 20, in /. 23. Of which 
 Scriptures the same may be said as of 
 those above, That as Holy Men therein 
 spake under the Direction of the Spirit 
 of God, and what they say of themselves 
 is recorded for our Instruction and Comfort, 
 consequently other good Men may assure 
 themselves, in like Circumstances, of the 
 like Favour and Mercy, Thus, whereas 
 the Psalmist expresses his Confidence in 
 God's Help against all his Enemies, Ps. 
 cxviii. 6, the x'\postle applies it to all 
 Christians, Heb. xiii. 6. So that we may 
 boldly say, The Lord is my Helper, and 
 1 will not fear what Man can do unto me. 
 
 Some of the Texts are Petitions put up 
 by Christ for his Church : as those taken 
 out of John xvii. These give the same 
 Encouragement as the Promises do ; for 
 we are assured that whatever Christ asks 
 for his People, is certainly granted. 
 
 The same may be said, in some Degree, 
 of the Prayers put up by other Saints in 
 Scripture, for themselves and others ; 
 
 especially
 
 The Introduction. li. 
 
 especially the Prophetical Prayers, Gen. 
 xlix., Deut. xxxii., and in other Places. 
 Since those Prayers were deliver'd under 
 the Inspiration of the Spirit, we know 
 they were agreeable to the Will of God ; 
 and so far as Circumstances are the same, 
 all other good Men may hope to be heard 
 in asking the same Blessings of God. 
 But of this Sort Iv'e taken but few, both 
 because it is more difficult rightly and with 
 Judgment to apply them, and lest I should 
 too much swell this Collection. 
 
 The Blessings promised, are either of a 
 Temporal, or of a Spiritual and Eternal 
 Nature : It may be necessary to lay down 
 some Rules, to direct the serious Christian 
 in the right Application of these different 
 Sorts of Promises. 
 
 As to the Promises of Temporal Bles- 
 sings, and those that relate to Temporal 
 Evils, it is acknowledged by all, they are 
 not to be understood Absolutely or Uni- 
 versally, but with the Limitation, as far as 
 may be for God's Glory, and our Good : 
 both which are, in effect. One. Nor will 
 these Limitations lessen their Value, with 
 any thinking, serious Person. For all 
 outward Things are of such a Nature, 
 as to be capable of being either good or 
 evil to us, as Circumstances vary. Riches, 
 though in some Circumstances they may 
 be very useful and valuable, in which 
 
 Case
 
 Hi. The Introduction. 
 
 Case God will bestow them according to 
 the Tenour of his Promises ; yet in others 
 they may be, and often prove, very per- 
 nicious : No wise Man, in that Case, would 
 desire them. Thus Afflictions, in some 
 Instances, may be of the greatest Advan- 
 tage to us. Then they are Mercies : The 
 inflicting them is a Token of Favour, 
 and the preventing them would be a 
 Judgment, instead of fulfilling a Promise. 
 Now it must be allowed, that of all these 
 Circumstances, the Infinitely Wise and 
 Good God is the best Judge ; since he has 
 before him, in one View, the whole 
 Compass of every Case, in all its Circum- 
 stances, and is more concern 'd and watchful 
 for our Good than we can be ourselves. 
 The Promises therefore relating to these 
 Things, should not lie by neglected ; but 
 we should fix our Faith upon them for the 
 Mercies we want, with a firm Dependance 
 upon the Power and Faithfulness of God, 
 thouQfh with an entire Submission to his 
 superior Wisdom, to chose what is best 
 for us. I verily believe Christians often 
 deprive themselves even of Temporal 
 Favours from God for want of a more 
 frequent, stedfast Exercise of Faith upon 
 the Promises relating to these Things. 
 They either ask not, or not in Faith, and 
 therefore receive nothing from God, Jam. 
 i. 6, 7. Or, they desire and ask but not 
 
 for
 
 The Introduction. liii. 
 
 for right Ends (to take Notice of another 
 Limitation hinted at by the same Apostle, 
 Jam. iv. 3,) not for God's Honour, but 
 to consimie it upon their Lusts ; and so 
 they ask amiss, and therefore receive not. 
 This Collection therefore will give great 
 Assistance to the Faith of Christians 
 when they observe how full and express 
 the Promises are, and how suitable to 
 their several Exigencies, even in Things 
 concerning this Life. 
 
 It may be objected to many of the 
 Texts that they are taken out of the Old 
 Testament, and were Pi^omises made to the 
 Jetvs under a Dispensation, wherein a 
 greater Stress is laid upon Temporal 
 Blessings, than under the Gospel ; and 
 consequently, that Christians can't expect 
 so much from those Promises. 
 
 I ANSWER, That it is true, the Gospel 
 has a much greater Tendency to draw our 
 Affections from, and lessen our Regard to 
 Outward Felicity and Prosperity, than the 
 Law, since it has brought in a better 
 Hope, and gives more clear Discoveries 
 and more full Assurances of Spiritual and 
 Eternal Blessings, and recommends these 
 as our main Concern : And therefore our 
 Desires and Expectations of Temporal 
 Blessings ought to be very moderate, and 
 bear no Proportion with our Concern for 
 Spiritual. But yet, that Christians may 
 
 take
 
 liv. The Introduction. 
 
 take Comfort in, and apply to themselves 
 the Promises of the Old Testament, and 
 in Things relating to this Life, is evident 
 from that Declaration of the Apostle, 
 I Tim. iv. 8, Godlijiess is profitable ttnto 
 all Things, having Promise of the Life 
 that now is, and of that which is to come. 
 Where the Apostle affirms, not only that 
 Godliness is profitable to this, as well as 
 another Life, but that it has Promises 
 relating to both ; by which it is probable 
 he meant those of the Old Testament, a 
 great part of the New being not then 
 committed to Writing, or not published 
 among the Churches. Besides, as was 
 observed before, the Promises made in 
 the Old Testament the Apostle applies to 
 Christians, and that upon the Principle 
 above-mentioned, Rom. xv. 4. An Instance 
 of which we have, among others, in his 
 pressing Obedience to Parents on Christians, 
 Eph. vi. 2, 3, from the Temporal Promise 
 annex'd to the Fifth Commandment, 
 deliver'd to the Jews. To which may be 
 added. That there are many Promises of 
 Temporal Blessings to be found in the 
 Gospel, as full and as expressive as those 
 in the Old Testament, as will appear upon 
 the Perusal of this Collection. 
 
 Nor do I think the Case of Good Men 
 under the Law so different from that of 
 Christians with relation to Outward 
 
 Blessings
 
 The Introduction. Iv. 
 
 Blessings as some may apprehend. It is 
 plain, those Proviises were not to them 
 absolute or universal, but to be understood 
 with the same Limitations as now ; and 
 that in those Times, as well as since, the 
 Righteous were frequently exercis'd with 
 severe Afflictions, and the Wicked had 
 many Times a greater Share of Outward 
 Prosperity than even the best of Men : 
 the want of a due Attention to which 
 was the Reason of the heavy Censures 
 Job met with from his Friends. The 
 Sentences therefore which in Job, in the 
 Proverbs, and other Places, express the 
 Earthly Advantages attending Right- 
 eousness in its several Branches, and the 
 ill Consequences of Vice are not to be 
 look'd upon as universal Positions, but 
 rather as Observations of the proper 
 Tendency of Virtue, and Vice, and their 
 natural Connection with such and such 
 Benefits and Mischiefs, though liable to 
 some Exceptions in particular Cases, as 
 most gfeneral Observations and Maxims 
 are. And there is now the same Connec- 
 tion established by God in the Course of 
 Things between Moral Good and Evil ; 
 and several Advantages and Mischiefs, 
 though subject to such Variations as God, 
 in his wise Providence, sees fit to make 
 from his more settled Rules. 
 
 As
 
 Ivi. The Introduction. 
 
 As to the Promises of Spiritual and 
 Eternal Blessings, they are to be apply 'd 
 according to the Tenour of the Gospel. It 
 is to Faith, Repentance, Love, and sincere 
 Obedience, that the Promises in general 
 are made of Pardon, Grace, and Glory ; 
 as appears from a great Multitude of 
 Texts here collected. And indeed, with- 
 out these Dispositions, none can justly 
 lay claim to any of the Temporal Promises. 
 But because, in many Cases, a serious 
 Person may be doubtful whether he is 
 converted or not, whether there be in him 
 that Faith, Repentance, and Holiness, 
 which may be a Proof that he is in a 
 State of Favour with God, and so entitled 
 to the Promises, I observe. That as there 
 is a Difference between Grace begun, 
 in its first Exercises, and when it is arrived 
 to a confirm'd Habit, so many of the 
 Promises are made to the first Beginnings 
 and Exercises of Grace, in praying and 
 seeking after God, in the Use of appointed 
 Means, in turning from Sin and coming to 
 Christ. Thus the Promises of a new Heart 
 are made to those who enquire after God, 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 26, i'], of Wisdom to them 
 that search for it, Prov. ii. 4, 5, of the 
 Spirit to them that ask it, Ltike xi. 13, and 
 of Rest in Christ to them that being weary, 
 and heavy laden, come to him. Matt. xi. 
 28. Which therefore every one who finds 
 
 in
 
 The Introduction. Ivii. 
 
 in himself those Beginnings of Grace, may 
 apply them to himself, as an Encouragement 
 to go on. 
 
 It is also to be observed, That the other 
 Promises of Divine Influences, of the 
 Increase of Grace, of Preservation from 
 Sin, of Grace to persevere to the End, &c., 
 and so of everlasting Life and Glory, tho' 
 every sincere Christian may apply them, 
 and depend upon them, yet they all suppose 
 the diligent Use of all the Means of 
 Grace, Watchfulness, a constant Applica- 
 tion to, and Dependanceupon, the Strength 
 of Christ, and the Grace of his Holy 
 Spirit, and a sincere Regard to all the 
 other Duties of the Gospel ; as appears 
 from John xv. 4, 10, and many other 
 Passages to be found in this Collection, 
 especially in the latter Part. 
 
 To obtain the Comfort of the Promises 
 in the Second Part, every one must see 
 that they be in a good Degree possess'd 
 of the Graces, and that they diligently 
 perform the Duties, to which the Promises 
 are made ; and that from a Principle of 
 Faith in Christ, and Love to God, ex- 
 press'd in an habitual Care and Endeavour 
 to please him. For, whatever Duty we 
 do, without a real Regard to God therein, 
 depending upon Christ for Acceptance, in 
 whom all the Promises are Yea and Amen, 
 we can expect no Reward from Him. 
 
 h God
 
 Iviii. The Introduction. 
 
 God may justly reject such a Claim, with, 
 Did ye it at all to me, even to me ? 
 And for the same Reason, the observing 
 of some Duties, while we knowingly allow 
 ourselves in Acts of Disobedience to other 
 Commands, will not support our Claim to 
 the Promises ; because, if we acted with a 
 sincere Respect to God, we should shew 
 the same Regard to all his known Laws, 
 Jam. ii. lo, 1 1. 
 
 As a Christian ought to be concern'd 
 not only for himself, but for the whole 
 Church of God, and the Interest of 
 Christ's Kingdom here on Earth, I thought 
 it very necessary to lay before him what 
 the Scripture affords for the raising of 
 his Hopes, and encouraging his Prayers 
 upon those important Subjects. And this 
 is the Design of that Collection of Texts 
 in the Appendix. But this I found more 
 difficult than any other Part whatsoever. 
 For, in searching the Scripture upon those 
 Subjects, I met with so many Passages 
 that had a relation to the State of the 
 Church, that a compleat Collection of them 
 was inconsistent wi'th my intended Brevity ; 
 and many of the Prophecies were so 
 difficult to be understood, that it could not 
 be expected that the Generality of Chris- 
 tians should know how to make use of 
 them. I have, however, endeavoured to 
 avoid both these Inconveniences, by 
 
 selecting
 
 The Introduction. lix. 
 
 selecting- those Texts which are most 
 full to my Puq^ose, and most easy to be 
 apprehended by an attentive Reader ; 
 hoping that those Scriptures being here 
 laid together, which treat of the same 
 Subject, they would mutually illustrate and 
 explain one another. 
 
 I AM sensible that many of the Texts 
 I have brouo-ht, which foretel the Enlarofe- 
 ment and Glory of the Church, have 
 already had, in some Degree, their Accom- 
 plishment, in the Conversion of the Gentiles 
 to the Christian Faith ; but upon a 
 thorouo^h Consideration of several of the 
 Prophecies concerning the spreading of 
 the Gospel throughout all Nations, the 
 Subjection of all Kings to the Authority 
 of Christ, and the Glorious State of the 
 Church in the latter Days, as Ps. Ixxxvi. 
 9, Is. Ixvi. 1 8, Dan. vii. 2'], Zech. xiv. 9, 
 &c., it appears to me, there's still to be 
 expected a fuller Accomplishment of them, 
 than has yet been. But which have been 
 already fulfilled, and which still remain to 
 be so, I leave to every one's Judgment, 
 upon considering and comparing the Texts. 
 
 Some of the Texts I have applied to 
 the Church in general, are by some 
 Interpreters understood of the Church of 
 the Jews, when converted to Christ in 
 the latter Ages of the World ; as Is. iv. 3, 
 xxvii. 6, Ix. and Ixii. Nor do I deny, but 
 
 it
 
 Ix. The Introduction. 
 
 it is probable, that People is more im- 
 mediately pointed at in those Prophecies, 
 But as the Gentile and Jeivish Church 
 will then be one, there will be a Com- 
 munication of Privileges and Glory ; and, 
 consequently, in whatever Measures the 
 Spirit of God is poured out, and the 
 Glory of God manifested among the Jews, 
 when converted, the Gentile Church will 
 enjoy their Share of the Benefit : For, if 
 the Fall of them be the Riches of the 
 World, and the Diminishing of them the 
 Riches of the Gentiles, How much more 
 their Fulness? Rom. xi. 12. 
 
 As to the Conversion of the Jezus, it 
 has indeed been the Opinion of many 
 learned Men, that nothing- more is to be 
 expected, than what has already been done 
 in the several, but especially the first Ages 
 of Christianity ; but I don't see what 
 Sense can be made of the Eleventh 
 Chapter to the Romans, but upon the 
 Supposition of a further and more general 
 Conversion of the Jeivs, even of that 
 Part of the feivish Nation which were 
 then cut off from the true Church for their 
 Infidelity : And as the Apostle applies to 
 this Purpose a Passage quoted out of one 
 of the Prophets, it seems to me to serve 
 as a Key for the right understanding of a 
 great Number of Places in the Prophets 
 concerning the State of the Jeivs in the 
 
 latter
 
 The Introduction. Ixi. 
 
 latter Days ; a great Part of which I have 
 therefore collected, or referr'd to in the 
 last Section. I know, indeed, those Pro- 
 phecies are suppose! by Grotms, and other 
 learned Commentators, to have been fulfill'd 
 by the Return of the Jews from the Baby- 
 lonish Captivity, the Favour they obtain'd 
 from several Princes, and the Victories 
 gain 'd by ih^ Maccabees over the Enemies 
 of the [eivs. And perhaps the Foretelling 
 of those remarkable Events, was in part the 
 Design of at least some of those Prophecies. 
 But they must be allow'd also to have had a 
 further View, if we consider the low, 
 afflicted, and persecuted State o{ the. /ewish 
 Nation most part of the Time after their 
 Return to their own l^and, under the 
 Persian, Grecian, and at length the Roman 
 Empire, and the Corruptions and Disorders 
 that crept into, and at last quite over-run 
 their Church ; of which Dr. Pridcaux 
 has given a very full Account, in his 
 excellent History. Now this no way 
 agrees with those sublime and lively 
 Descriptions of the Peace, Prosperity, 
 Holiness, and flourishing Condition, both of 
 their Church and State, foretold in those 
 Prophecies ; as particularly in Jer. xxx. 9, 
 16, Ezek. xxxiv, 28, and xxxvi. 11, Joel 
 iii. 17, 20, &c. Besides that, in many of 
 those Prophecies, the Latter Days, or the 
 Days of the Messiah, are expressly 
 
 pointed
 
 Ixii. The Introduction. 
 
 pointed at, as the Time of their Accomplish- 
 ment. This has therefore led many to 
 apply all those Passages to the Gentile 
 Church, which they suppose to be spoken 
 of under Names and Characters proper to 
 the Jewish Church as being typified by it. 
 But whoever will carefully observe the 
 Connection of the several Parts of those 
 Prophecies, must acknowledge that the 
 Jewish Nation is in some of the Verses 
 plainly spoken of, and that in other Verses 
 of the same Context, the Promises of 
 Conversion and Restoration to their own 
 Land, are made to the very same Persons ; 
 of which see Instances in the Chapters 
 above-mention'd, and in Hos. ii. and iii. 
 
 There are many indeed of those who 
 expect a more general Conversion of the 
 Jews, that yet will not admit of their Res- 
 toration to their own Land, but suppose 
 they shall be, upon their Conversion, im- 
 bodied with the several Nations among 
 which they live. But in those Prophecies 
 concerning them, which evidently refer to 
 the Gospel Times, there are several 
 Passages which speak so fully and positively 
 of their Return to their own Country, and 
 that Jerusalem shall be rebuilt and rein- 
 habited by them, that it seems to me 
 impossible to understand them in any other 
 than the literal Sense, without doing them 
 great Violence ; as Jer. xxxii. 4 1 . and 
 
 xxxiii.
 
 The Introduction. Ixiii. 
 
 xxxiii. 1 6, Ezek. xxxvi. ii, 24, 28, xxxvii. 
 25, Zech. xii. 6, xiv. 11, &c. It is beyond 
 my present Design, and the Compass of 
 this Introduction, to give all the Reasons 
 that incline me to these Sentiments : They 
 that please to search further into the Matter, 
 may consult Doctor Whitby, and other 
 learned Writers. I shall conclude what I 
 have to say upon this Head, with recom- 
 mending it to Christians to make use of 
 these Texts to raise their Hopes and Ex- 
 pectations of those future happy Times, 
 when the Gospel shall be preach 'd more 
 universally throughout the World, the 
 Christian Church receive a vast Acces- 
 sion by the calling of the Jews, and the 
 Coming in of the Fulness of the Gentiles ; 
 and Holiness, Peace, and Love, shall 
 flourish, probably in a greater measure 
 than ever, at least since the Apostles' Times. 
 Let this be the Subject of their daily and 
 most fervent Prayers, and these Promises 
 be made use of as Pleas to inforce their 
 Petitions, and support their Faith. 
 
 Though this Collection has cost me not 
 a little Time and Pains, I think it very 
 well bestowed, not only upon the Account 
 of the Advantage I have myself received 
 from the Study of the Promises, and the 
 Assistance I still expect from this Book 
 for my private Thoughts and Composures 
 for the Pulpit, by having it continually 
 
 before
 
 Ixiv. The Introduction. 
 
 before me ; but also in Hopes it may be 
 useful to others in several Respects, for 
 promoting the Holiness and Comfort of 
 Christians. Here they have before them, 
 in one View, the Riches of the Covenant of 
 Grace : Here are all the strongest Argu- 
 ments to persuade to real Religion, to 
 recommend every Duty, and to support in 
 every afflicted and perplexed Case. This 
 Book may be very useful to assist in 
 Prayer, both for the Reasons before-men- 
 tioned, and also because from hence one 
 may be furnished with Variety of proper 
 Matter, and Expression upon all the Cases 
 we are concerned to represent to God. 
 And as the Study of these Promises would 
 be to the Advantage of all sorts of Persons, 
 it might be a very useful and easy Exercise 
 for Children to be employ 'd in learning 
 some of the plainest Texts under those 
 Heads which are the most proper for them, 
 and to question one another upon them, 
 being instructed by their Teachers in their 
 Sense and Use. In this Way the Directors 
 of the Education of Children in the 
 Charity Schools, may make this Book 
 serve good Purposes, for the Instruction 
 and Improvement of their Children in the 
 Knowledge of the Scriptures. And I 
 know no better Way of inriching the 
 Minds of Children with useful and solid 
 Knowledge, than by making 'em well 
 
 acquainted
 
 The Introduction. Ixv. 
 
 acquainted with the Scriptures them- 
 selves, those pure unmixed, Fountains of 
 excellent and Divnne Wisdom, and 
 treasuring up in their Memories a great 
 Number of select vScriptures most suited 
 to their Capacity and Use. For this End, 
 I have frequently thought of making some 
 proper Collections, particularly for the 
 Benefit of the Charity School at St. 
 Albans, and of all other Children, whose 
 Parents or Teachers shall think fit to make 
 use of them ; which, perhaps, ''^ I may 
 hereafter finish, if this meet with Accept- 
 ance. 
 
 If we would reap the Comfort and 
 Benefit of these Promises, it is not enouofh 
 that we have them by us, or now and then 
 look into them ; but we must thoroughly 
 acquaint ourselves with 'em, store them up 
 in our Memories, and be often meditating 
 upon them, that they may be ready for 
 Use when we most want them. And 
 
 * 
 
 whatever Pains we may be at on this 
 Account, the Pleasure and Advantage 
 we shall receive will be a sufficient Recom- 
 
 pence : 
 
 *I had laid aside this Design upon finding that 
 there was a Variety of such Collections already 
 published. But as some Friends, to whom I have 
 a great Regard, think something of that Nature 
 more suited to the Instruction of Children is want- 
 ing, and therefore have put me lately upon it, I am 
 now drawing up a small Collection for the Press. 
 
 i
 
 Ixvi. The Introduction. 
 
 pence : For these are pleasant Wo7'ds, that 
 are as a Honey-comb ; szveet to the Soul, 
 and Health to the Bones, Prov. xvi. 24, 
 and therefore well deserve to be bound 
 upon our Fingers, and written upon the 
 Table of our Hearts, Prov. vii. 3. And 
 would serious Christians make the Promises 
 the frequent Subject of their Conversation 
 together, and at the same Time take notice 
 of the several Instances wherein they have 
 been made good to themselves, and others 
 within their Observation, it would both 
 impress them upon their Memories, and 
 very much increase their Force and 
 Influence upon their Hearts. 
 
 But Care must be taken to understand 
 them in their true Sense, and rightly to 
 apply them. Mistaken Apprehensions of 
 Scripture, have often been the Cause of 
 People deceiving themselves with un- 
 grounded Comforts and Expectations ; or, 
 at least, they have not built their Comforts 
 upon proper Texts, though they may have 
 had sufficient Foundation for them in other 
 Places. The comparing one Scripture with 
 another, as they lie here together, will be, 
 in many Cases of great Use to assist in the 
 right understanding them. And in most 
 Instances, it will be still a further Advantage 
 to turn to the Place quoted and consider 
 the Circumstances of the Text, and its 
 Connection with the Context. This will 
 
 shew
 
 The Introduction. Ixvii. 
 
 shew how far there is an Agreement of 
 your Case with that referr'd to in the Text ; 
 and, consequently, how far the Promise is 
 to be appHed, whether absolutely, and in its 
 whole Extent, or only in some Degree, 
 and with Limitations. 
 
 In particular Cases, we may draw Com- 
 fort, not only from the Promises peculiar 
 to that Case, but also from those that are 
 of a more cjeneral Nature. As under Sick- 
 ness, we may have Relief, not only from 
 those Scriptures which expressly relate to 
 that Circumstance, but also from the Pro- 
 mises relating to Tro^ible in general, and the 
 Assurances of God's Love^ Care, and Readi- 
 ness to help his People, &c., which the 
 Table of Contents will easily direct to. 
 
 That we may have the Comfort of the 
 Promises, a steady Exercise of Faith is 
 above all Things necessary. For this 
 Purpose, we must impress upon our Minds 
 the Power, Goodness, and Faithfulness of 
 God, and the Experience of good Men in 
 every Age ; and by this Means, and by 
 an attentive Consideration of the Promises, 
 suck at those Breasts of Consolation till we 
 are satisfied. Is, Ixvi. ii. But at the same 
 Time our Eyes must be fixed upon the 
 Lord Jesus Christ, as the only Foundation 
 of our Hopes, in and through whom alone 
 all the Promises are made good to us ; and 
 upon the Holy Spirit the Comforter, that 
 
 through
 
 Ixviii. The Introduction. 
 
 through his powerful Influences we may 
 rightly understand and apply, firmly believe, 
 and clearly discover the Excellency of the 
 Promises, and so taste that the Lord is 
 Gracious. 
 
 Constantly plead the Promises with 
 God in Prayer. He has thereby bound 
 himself to his People, as with a Note under 
 his Hand. Go with it therefore to God, 
 firmly depending upon his Faithfulness ; 
 He will acknowledge his own Hand- 
 writinof, and answer vour Demands accord- 
 ingly. Rest yourself therefore upon God, 
 and wait patiently for him, being assured 
 he'll not be unmindful of his Promise ; but 
 leave it to his infinite Wisdom to fulfil it, in 
 that Way, and at that Time, he sees best. 
 
 But remember, The Promises of God 
 do not discharge from, but encourage and 
 oblige to, the diligent Use of all proper and 
 lawful Means. Christ has promised Food 
 and Raiment ; but the Slothful and Careless 
 must not expect the Benefit of that Promise. 
 The same may be said of the Spiritual 
 Blessings promised. The Soul of the Sloth- 
 ful desireth, and hath nothing : but the Soul 
 of the Diligent shall be made fat, Prov. 
 xiii. 4. 
 
 To conclude : Let the Christian live a 
 Life of Faith upon the Promises. A great 
 Part of the Riches of the Nation at this 
 Day, consists in the Credit that is given to 
 
 Notes,
 
 The Introduction. Ixix. 
 
 Notes, Bonds, Assignments, &c., I am 
 sure that the Riches of the Christian He 
 chiefly in the Assignments he has under 
 God's Hand, of the most valuable Blessings 
 both of this and a better Life. Let him 
 then know how to value these as the 
 truest Riches, and to make use of them 
 upon all Occasions ; he'll find no Want of 
 any good Thing. If he has it not in 
 Hand, he has it in the Promise ready 
 whenever he needs it. So that he may 
 live entirely free from Solicitude and 
 anxious Care, committing himself and all his 
 Concerns, to that God who careth for him. 
 I AM willing to take this Opportunity of 
 recommending it to those Young Persons, 
 for whose Benefit this Collection was first 
 undertaken, to persevere in their En- 
 deavours to improve themselves and one 
 another, in the Knowledge of the Promises, 
 and other Parts of Scripture, which may be 
 most useful to them, that the Word of 
 Christ may dwell in them richly in all 
 Wisdom ; and to Others, especially of their 
 Age, to imitate their Example in the same 
 commendable Way of employing their 
 Time. To how much better Account will 
 this turn, than the Vanities that ordinarily 
 fill up the Conversation of Youth, or those 
 wrangling Disputes and Controversies, 
 which eat out the Heart of serious, 
 practical Religion ! The Advantage which 
 
 those
 
 Ixx. The Introduction. 
 
 those who have try'd this Course, have 
 reap'd from it, sufficiently encourages their 
 Perseverance in it. May they, and all 
 others, who with them delight in and search 
 after the Treasures of Divine Wisdom in 
 the Scriptures, not only have their Minds 
 beautified and enrich 'd with it. but feel its 
 Influence in their Hearts and Lives. May 
 they be filled zvitk the Knowledge of the 
 Will of God, in all Wisdom and Spiritual 
 Understanding, that they may walk ivorthy 
 of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful 
 in every good Work, and increasing hi the 
 Knowledge of God, 
 
 THE
 
 THE 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 ^^MM^^^M^fo^M'M^i^^iiM^ 
 
 PART I. 
 
 Containing the several Blessings 
 Promised to the Good. 
 
 j^l^"'*^"'''^ 
 
 I'iMyA 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Promises of Temporal Blessings. 
 
 ECT. I. General Promises. i 
 
 II. Promises of Temporal Bless- 
 
 ings in General 3 
 
 III. Particularly of Yood. 4 
 
 Raiment 5 
 IV.
 
 Ixxii. The CONTENTS. 
 
 IV. {a) (9/ Long Life 5 
 
 Health 6 
 
 V. {b) Of Safety under the Divine Pro- 
 tection 7 
 
 VL {c) Peace 1 1 
 
 VIL Direction 12 
 
 VI I L {d) Honour ibid. 
 
 IX. {e) Success and Prosperity 14 
 
 X. ( f) Plenty and Riches 1 5 
 
 XI. Children 17 
 
 XII. A Blessinor tipon all a good Man has 
 
 ibid. 
 
 XIII. (^) ^ Blessing 2//^;2 /«^ Children 19 
 
 XIV. A Blessing upon his Family 20 
 
 CHAP. II. Promises relating to the 
 Troubles of Life. 
 
 I. In General 
 
 Of Preservation from Trouble 21 
 Of Deliverance Out of Trouble. 22 
 
 (h) Of Support under it 24 
 
 II. 
 
 (a) See Eph. vi. 3, in p. 188 & Deut. xxv. 15, />. 
 212. (6) See Promises of Protection, />. 7, and of 
 Peace, />. 11. (c) See Prov. iii. 2, />. 6. (<7) S^-^ Prov. 
 xxi. 21, />. 2, & Prov. viii. i8, p. 16. (^) See Deut. 
 xxix. 9, /?. 150, I Kings ii. 3, p. 151, Josh. i. 8, />. 
 177. (/) See Prov. xxii. \,p. 13. (,§•) 6>^ Is. Ixv. 
 23, p. 15. ifi) See Sanctified Afflictions, p. 87, a):d 
 God's Mercy, Help, and Care, p. 99.
 
 The CONTENTS. Ixxlii. 
 
 II. Promises relating to Sickness 28 
 
 In Child Bearing y:) 
 
 In Old Age ibid. 
 
 III. Of Delive7'ance from Famine and 
 Want 31 
 
 IV. From War 32 
 (i) And Enemies 33 
 
 V. From {k) Oppression and Injus- 
 tice 36 
 
 VI. From Slanders 1'^ 
 
 Reproach ibid. 
 
 VII. From Witchcraft 39 
 
 VIII. Promises to the (I) Stranger and 
 Exile ibid. 
 
 IX. (m) To the Poor and Helpless 40 
 
 X. To the Fatherless «/2^ Widow 41 
 
 XI. To the Childless 43 
 
 XII. To the Prisoner and Captive 
 \ ibid. 
 
 XIII. Promises of Deliverance//w;/ Death 
 
 44 
 
 CHAP. 
 
 (?) See Ps. cxxxviii. 7, p. 26. {k) See Promises 
 to tlie Poor, p. 40, to the Fatherless, p. 41. (/) 
 See Promises to the Captive, p. 43. (w) See 
 Oppression, p. 36, and Promises to the Meek, p. 
 217, & Ps. cxxxii. 15, p. 4, Is. XXV. 4, p. 26. 
 
 J
 
 Ixxiv. The CONTENTS. 
 
 CHAP. III. Promises of Spiritual 
 Blessings in this Life. 
 
 I. In general 46 
 
 II. {n) (9/ Justification 47 
 [0) Pardon of^xw 49 
 
 Of the most heinous Sins 5 1 
 
 Of all Sins ibid. 
 
 Of Backslidings ibid. 
 
 Pardon through Christ 52 
 
 Reconciliation 54 
 
 III. Adoption 55 
 
 IV. Union and Communion with the 
 Church 57 
 
 V. Free Access to God, ivith Acceptance 
 
 59 
 
 VI. (/) (9/ Hearing Prayer 60 
 
 VII. (^) O/" Sanctifying Grace in genera/ 
 
 63 
 
 VIII. Particularly of Converting Grace 
 
 65 
 Of the Grace of Repentance 67 
 
 Of the Grace of Faith 68 
 
 Of Grace to fear God ibid. 
 
 IX. 
 
 in) See Promises to Faith,/). 138, & i Cor. vi. 11, 
 p. 65. (o) See Promises 0/ God's Merc}', p. 96, and 
 to Repentance, p. 142, and Ps. ciii. 3. (/>) See 
 Promises to Prayer, p. 167, and Ps. cvii. ig, p. 23. 
 {q) Col. i. 22, p. 55, John xv. 2, p. 78.
 
 The CONTENTS. Ixxv. 
 
 IX. Of Knowledge ibid. 
 
 Wisdom 71 
 
 (r) Divine Teaching ibid. 
 
 Divine Guidance 72 
 
 Ability for Good Discourse "]'}^ 
 
 X. Of the Means of Grace ibid. 
 
 A Blessing upon them 7 5 
 
 XI. Grace against Sin rt;?/^ Temptation 
 
 To mortify Sin "j^ 
 
 Against Temptation 78 
 
 To preserve from the Inticements 
 of Sinners 79 
 
 Victory over the World ibid. 
 
 Victory over the Devil 80 
 
 XII. Strength, Courage, and Resolution 
 
 81 
 
 XIII. Fruitfulness and Increase of Grace 
 
 Particularly in Old Age 84 
 
 The Grace of Meekness 85 
 
 XiV. {s) Grace to persevere ibid. 
 
 XV. Sanctified Afflictions 87 
 
 XVI. Grace to the Children of Believers 
 
 91 
 XVII. 
 
 [y) See Promises of the Spirit's Teaching, p. in. 
 (s) See Proverbs, That God will not forsake, &c., p. 
 100.
 
 Ixxvi. The CONTENTS. 
 
 XVII. An Interest in God 
 
 {t) As our God 92 
 
 As otcr Portion 93 
 
 Our Glory 94 
 
 [tc] Of his Presence ibid. 
 
 His Love 95 
 
 His Mercy 96 
 
 His Help 98 
 
 {w) His Care 99 
 
 His Covenanting with his people 
 
 100 
 Thai God will not forsake 'ent 
 
 ibid. 
 
 XVIII. An Interest in Christ 102 
 
 All Grace from Hint 103 
 
 Redeinptioji by Him 104 
 
 Life from him 105 
 
 His Intercession 107 
 His Love ibid. 
 
 His Care of his Church 108 
 His Pi'-esence with his People 109 
 
 XIX. Promise.s of the Spirit ibid. 
 
 His Teachino- 1 1 1 
 
 His Help in Prayer 1 1 2 
 
 To witness our Adoption ibid. 
 
 To 
 
 (t) Ezek. xi. 20, />. 66, Zech. xiii. 9, p. 90, Joel 
 ii. 27, />. 94. (/<) I John iv. 15, p. 141. (w) Mai, 
 iii, 17, /5. 183.
 
 The CONTENTS. Ixxvil. 
 
 To seal our Redeinptio7i ibid. 
 
 To be our Comforter 1 1 3 
 
 Joy in the Holy Ghost ibid. 
 
 XX. The Ministry of Angels 1 14 
 
 XXI. That ive should be Kings and Priests 
 to God ibid. 
 
 XXII. Peace q/ Conscience T15 
 
 Comfort and Hope 1 1 6 
 
 XXIII. {x) Delight ^//rtf Joy zVz God 118 
 
 XXIV. (y) Support in Death 121 
 
 CHAP. IV. Promises of Blessings in 
 the Other World. 
 
 J 
 
 I. if) Deliverance /rc>?;z Hell 12 
 
 II. Happiness immediately after Death 124 
 
 III. A Glorio2ts Resurrection 125 
 
 IV. Everlasting Happiness in Heaven 130 
 
 Particularly Freedom from all 
 
 Sorrow, and great Joy 1 34 
 
 Glory ibid. 
 
 A Kingdom 135 
 
 {a) An Inheritance 136 
 
 The Enjoyment of God, and if) 
 
 Eterncil Life ibid. 
 
 PART 
 
 {x) Jer. xxxi. 12, p. 83. (>') i Cor. iii. 22, p. 3, 
 {z) John iii. 18, p. 139. {n) Heb. ix. 15, p. 105. 
 (6) Tit. iii. 7, p. 48. John x. 28, p. '^^.
 
 Ixxviii. The CONTENTS. 
 
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 PART II. Promises to several Graces 
 and Duties. 
 
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 CHAP. I. Promises to Duties of the 
 First Table. 
 
 I. To {c) YsAXh partuttlarly in Christ 138 
 
 Confessing Christ 141 
 
 II. Repentance 142 
 
 To them that mourn for the 
 
 Wickedness of the Land [45 
 
 To Repentance in Affliction 
 
 To Confession of Sin 
 
 III. {b) Obedience 
 
 {e) Obeying Christ 
 
 IV. Sincerity a^id Uprightness 
 
 V. Love to God 
 
 1^0 Christ 
 
 146 
 147 
 
 148 
 
 154^ 
 
 155 
 
 157 
 158 
 VI. 
 
 [c] See Justification, p. 47, Gal. iii. 26, p. 56, 
 Eph, iii. 12, p. 59, John vii. 38, p. 168 & vi. 54, 
 55> 56, 57' P- i^i. I Pet. i. 8, p. 120, i Cor. i. 21. 
 Rom. i. 16, p. 175. {(l) Deut. v. 33, p. 5, Deut. 
 xxviii. 13, p. 12, Exod. xv. 26, p. 29, i John iii. 
 22, p. 62. (6') John xii. 26, p. 14.
 
 The CONTENTS. Ixxix. 
 
 VI. (/) Trusting, Hoping in, and patiently 
 
 Waiting on God 159 
 
 VII. The Fear of God 162 
 
 Honottring God 164 
 
 VIII. [g) Prayer ibid. 
 
 Seeking CiOD 166 
 
 Secret Prayer 167 
 
 Praising God 168 
 
 Desires of Grace ibid. 
 
 IX. Wisdom and Knowledge 169 
 
 The Love and Study of Wis- 
 dom 1 7 2 
 
 The Kmnvledge of God and 
 Christ 173 
 
 Learning from Christ 1 74 
 
 X. Hearingf and Readino- the Word of 
 
 God ibid. 
 
 Loving the Word 177 
 
 Trembling at it ibid. 
 
 XI. Meditation ibid. 
 
 XII. Fasting 179 
 
 Fasting in Secret ibid. 
 
 XIII. Baptism 180 
 
 XIV. The Lord's Supper 181 
 
 XV. 
 
 (/) Ps. xxxvii. 5, p. 14, Ps. cxii. 7, p. 7, Ps. 
 Iv. 22, p. 25, Nah. i. 7, p. 28, Jer. xxxii. 18, p. 33, 
 Ps. xxxiii. 18, p. 99. (§■) See Hearing Prayer, />. 
 60, Prov. XV. 8, />. 156.
 
 Ixxx. The CONTENTS. 
 
 XV. Good Discourse 182 
 
 Government of the Tongue 184 
 
 XVI. Watchfulness 184 
 
 XVII. Keeping Good Company 185 
 
 Avoiding Evil Company ibid. 
 
 XVIII. Performing Oaths ibid. 
 
 XIX. Keeping the Sabbath 186 
 
 CHAP. II. Promises to Duties 
 of the Second Table. 
 
 I. Obedience to Parents 187 
 
 II. Good Education 189 
 
 The Correcting of Children 190 
 
 III. ^ Good Wife ibid. 
 
 IV. Faithful Servants 191 
 
 V. Good Kings and Magistrates 192 
 
 VI. Obedient Subjects 193 
 
 VII. Faithful Ministers ibid. 
 
 VIII. ifi) To them that receive and 
 hearken to Ministers 197 
 
 IX. Love and Unity 198 
 
 To the Peace-makers ibid. 
 
 Love to Gods People 199 
 
 X. To the Charitable, the Merciful, and 
 Liberal 200 
 
 To 
 (h) Luke X. 5, 6.
 
 The CONTENTS. Ixxxi. 
 
 To Alms in secret 205 
 
 To supporting Gods Worship and 
 
 Ministers ibid. 
 
 The Merciful 207 
 
 XI. Reproving faithfully ibid. 
 
 And regarding Reproof 208 
 
 XII. Forgiving" Injuries ibid. 
 
 XIII. Chastity 209 
 
 Purity 210 
 
 XIV. Diligence ibid. 
 
 Improving Talents 2 1 1 
 
 Moderation in Sleep 212 
 
 XV. The Just and Honest ibid. 
 
 XVI. Truth 214 
 
 XVII. Candour in Judging ibid. 
 
 And Speaking 215 
 
 XVIII. Contentment and Mortification 
 
 ibid. 
 
 CHAP. III. Promises to Duties 
 belonging to Both Tables. 
 
 I. To the Meek 217 
 
 And the Hiinible 2 1 9 
 
 The Contrite and Mourners 220 
 
 II. To them that suffer for Righteous- 
 ness' Sake 221 
 
 To them that are unjtistly excom- 
 municated 223 
 
 III.
 
 Ixxxli. The CONTENTS. 
 
 III. Patience ^;«a^ Submission ibid. 
 
 IV. {i) Perseverance 225 
 
 To him that overcometh 227 
 
 An APPENDIX of Promises relating 
 to the State of the Church. 
 
 I. Of the Enlargement of the Church, and 
 Spreading the Gospel and Kingdom of 
 Christ through the World 229 
 
 II. The Glory of the Church 240 
 
 III. Increase of Light, &c., and Means of 
 
 Grace 24 
 
 IV. Increase of Purity, Holiness, and 
 Righteousness 244 
 
 V. Peace, Love, and Unity in the Church 
 
 247 
 
 VI. Submission and Destruction of the 
 
 Enemies of the Church 249 
 
 Destruction of Antichrist, of 
 Babylon, &c. 250 
 
 VII. Favour <3;;^</ Submission of Kings to 
 the Kingdom (?/ Christ 252 
 
 VIII. 
 (z) Col. i. 22, 23, p. 55.
 
 The CONTENTS. Ixxxiii. 
 
 Vil[. Security, Tranquility, and Pros- 
 perity t?/ /^^ Church 254 
 
 TX. The Perpetual Continuance of the 
 Church 257 
 
 X. 77^^ Conversion ^;«^ Restoration of the 
 Jews 258 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 That God ivill perform all his Promises 
 
 270 
 
 THE
 
 THE 
 
 Christian's Inheritance, 
 
 OR, A 
 
 COLLECTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PROMISES. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 The Blessings proniiscd to the Good. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Promises of Temporal Blessings. 
 
 I. 
 
 General Promises to the Good. 
 
 SAL. xvi. 6. The Lines are fallen 
 unto me in pleasant Places ; I 
 have a good Heritage. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxiv. II. The Lord 
 God is a Sun and Shield : The Lord will 
 give Grace and Glory ; no good Thing 
 will he withhold from them that walk 
 uprightly. 
 
 B EccL
 
 2 Promises of General Blessings, 
 
 Eccl. viii. 12. Surely I know that it 
 shall be well with them that fear God, 
 which fear before him. 
 
 Is. iii. lo. Say ye to the Righteous, 
 that it shall be well with him, for they shall 
 eat the Fruit of their Doings. 
 
 Ps. Iviii. 1 1 . Verily there is a Re- 
 ward for the Riohteous. 
 
 Ps. V. 12. Thou, Lord, wilt bless the 
 righteous ; with Favour wilt thou compass 
 him as with a Shield. 
 
 Ps. iii. 8. Salvation belongeth unto the 
 
 Lord, thy Blessing is upon thy People. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 2 1. He that followeth after 
 
 Righteousness and Mercy, findeth Life, 
 
 Righteousness, and Honour. 
 
 Prov. X. 6. Blessings are upon the Head 
 of the just. Ver. 24. The Desire of the 
 riofhteous shall be Q-ranted. Ver. 28. The 
 Hope of the righteous shall be Gladness. 
 
 Prov. xi. 18. To him that soweth 
 Righteousness, shall be a sure Reward. 
 Ver. 19. Righteousness tendeth to Life. 
 Ver. 28. The riohteous shall flourish as a 
 Branch. 
 
 Prov. iii. 32. His Secret is with the 
 righteous. 
 
 Prov. xii. 2. A good Man obtaineth 
 Favour of the Lord. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 9. The Light of the righteous 
 rejoiceth. Ver. 21. To the righteous good 
 shall be repaid. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Profjiises of Temporal Blessings. 3 
 
 Ps. xxiii. 6. Surely Goodness and Mercy 
 shall follow me all the Days of my Life ; 
 and I will dwell in the House of the Lord 
 for ever. 
 
 Rom. viii. 32. He that spared not his 
 own Son, but delivered him up for us all, 
 how shall he not with him also freely give 
 us all Things ? 
 
 I Cor. iii. 21, 22, All Things are yours, 
 whether Paid, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the 
 World, or Life, or Death, or Things pre- 
 sent, or Things to come, all are yours. 
 
 I Tim. iv. 8. Godliness is profitable unto 
 all Thino-s ; havin^r the Promise of the Life 
 that now is, and of that which is to come. 
 
 H. 
 
 Promises of Temporal Blessings in 
 , general. 
 
 Ps. xxiii. I. The Lord is my Shepherd, 
 I shall not want. Ver. 5. Thou preparest 
 a Table before me, in the Presence of mine 
 Enemies : Thou anointest my Head with 
 Oil, my Cup runneth over. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 9. There is no Want to them 
 that fear him. Ver. 10. They that seek 
 the Lord shall not want any good Thing. 
 
 Matt. vi. 33. Seek ye first the Kingdom 
 of God, and his Righteousness, and all 
 these Things shall be added unto you. 
 
 Phil.
 
 4 Promises of Food. 
 
 Phil. iv. 19. My God shall supply all 
 your Need, according to his Riches in 
 Glory by Christ Jesus. 
 
 / Tim. vi. 6. Godliness with Content- 
 ment is great Gain. Fer. ly. Who giveth 
 us richly all Things to enjoy. 
 
 III. 
 
 • 
 
 Particularly of Food and Raiment. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 3. Trust in the 
 Of Food. Lord and do good, so shalt thou 
 dwell in the Land, and verily 
 thou shalt be fed. 
 
 Ps. cxi. 5. He hath given Meat unto 
 them that fear him ; he will ever be mind- 
 ful of his Covenant. 
 
 Ps. cxxxii. 1 5. I will abundantly bless her 
 Provision, I will satisfy her Poor with Bread. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 14. He filleth thee with the 
 finest of the Wheat. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 25. The righteous eateth to 
 the satisfying of his Soul. 
 
 Matt. vi. 26. Behold the Fowls of the 
 Air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, 
 nor gather into Barns ; yet your heavenly 
 Father feedeth them : Are ye not much 
 better than they ? 
 
 Joel ii. 26. And ye shall eat in Plenty, 
 and be satisfied. 
 
 Is. Ixv. 13. Behold my Servants shall eat, 
 
 but
 
 Promises of Raiment. 5 
 
 but ye shall be hungry : Behold my Ser- 
 vants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty. 
 
 Matt, vi, 25. I say unto you, 
 Raiment. Take no Thought for your Life, 
 what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
 drink ; nor yet for the Body, what ye shall 
 put on : Is not the Life more than Meat, 
 and the Body than Raiment ? Ver. 30. 
 Wherefore if God so clothe the Grass of 
 the Field, which to Day is, and to Morrow 
 is cast into the Oven, shall he not much 
 more clothe you, O ye of little Faith } Ve7\ 
 
 31. Therefore take no Thought, saying, 
 What shall we eat? Or what shall we drink? 
 Or wherewithal shall we be cloathed ? Ver. 
 
 32. • For your heavenly Father knoweth 
 that ye have need of all these Things. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Promise of Long Life and Health. 
 
 Deut. V. -XiZ- ^ou shall walk in all the 
 Ways which the Lord your God hath 
 commanded you, that ye may live, and 
 that it may be well with you, and that ye 
 may prolong your Days in the Land which 
 you shall possess. 
 
 Deitt. vi. 2. That thou mightest fear the 
 Lord thy God, to keep all his Statutes and 
 Commandments, which I command thee ; 
 thou, and thy Son, and thy Son's Son, all 
 
 the
 
 6 Promises of Long Life and Health. 
 
 the Days of thy Life, and that thy Days 
 may be prolonged. 
 
 Job. V. 26. Thou shalt come to thy 
 Grave in a full Age, like as a Shock of 
 Corn, Cometh in, in his Season. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 1 2. What Man is he that de- 
 sireth Life, and loveth many Days, that he 
 may see Good. Ver. i^^. Keep thy Tongue 
 from Evil, and thy Lips from speaking 
 Guile. Ver. i/[. Depart from Evil and do 
 Good, seek Peace and pursue it. 
 
 Ps. xci. 16. With long Life will I satisfy 
 him, and shew him my Salvation. 
 
 Proz>. iii. 2. Length of Days, and long 
 Life, and Peace, shall they add to thee. 
 Ver. 26. Length of Days is in her 
 [Wisdom's] Right Hand. 
 
 Prov. ix. II. By me thy Days shall be 
 multiplied, and the Years of thy Life shall 
 be increased. 
 
 Prov. X. 27. The Fear of the Lord pro- 
 longeth Days. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine 
 Health. Iniquities, who healeth all thy Dis- 
 eases. Ver. 4. Who redeemeth thy 
 Life from Destruction. Ver. 5. Who satis- 
 fieth thy Mouth with good Things, so that 
 thy Youth is renewed like the Eagles. 
 
 Prov. iii. 7. Be not wise in thine own 
 Eyes : Fear the Lord, and depart from 
 Evil. Ver. 8. It shall be Health to thy 
 Navel, and Marrow to thy Bones. 
 
 Prov.
 
 Promises of Safety. 7 
 
 Prov. iv. 22. They are Life to them that 
 find them, and Health to all their Flesh. 
 
 V. 
 
 Promises of Safety tmder the Divine 
 Protection. 
 
 Deut. xxxiii. 12. The beloved of the 
 Lord shall dwell in Safety by him ; and the 
 Lord shall cover him all the Day long. 
 
 Prov. xviii. 10. The Name of the Lord 
 is a strong Tower ; the righteous runneth 
 into it, and is safe. 
 
 Ps. cxvi. 8. I have set the Lord always 
 before me : B.ecause he is at my Right 
 Hand, I shall not be moved. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 7. He shall not be afraid of 
 evil Tidings ; his Heart is fixed, trusting 
 in the Lord. 
 
 I Pet. iii. i^. And who is he that will 
 harm you, if you be Followers of that which 
 is good '^ 
 
 Job iv. 7. Remember, I pray thee. Who 
 ever perished, being innocent } Or where 
 were the Righteous cut off .-* 
 
 fob xi. 1 8. Thou shalt be secure, because 
 there is Hope. 
 
 Job V. 23. Thou shalt be in league with 
 the Stones of the Field ; and the Beasts of 
 the Field shall be at Peace with thee. 
 
 Hos. ii. 1 8. And in that Day will I make 
 a Covenant for them with the Beasts of the 
 Field, and with the Fowls of Heaven, and 
 
 with
 
 8 Promises of Safety. 
 
 with the creeping Things of the Ground ; 
 and I will break the Bow, and the Sword, 
 and the Battle out of the Earth, and will 
 make them to lie down safely. 
 
 Ex. xxxiv. 25. I will make with them a 
 Covenant of Peace, and will cause the evil 
 Beasts to cease out of the Land, and they 
 shall dwell safely in the Wilderness, and 
 sleep in the Woods. Ver. 28. And they 
 shall no more be a Prey to the Heathen, 
 neither shall the Beasts of the Land devour 
 them ; but they shall dwell safely, and none 
 shall make them afraid. 
 
 Gen. ix. 2. And the Fear of you, and 
 the Dread of you shall be upon every Beast 
 of the Earth, and upon every Fowl of the 
 Air, upon all that moveth upon the Earth, 
 and upon all the Fishes of the Sea, into 
 your Hand are they delivered. 
 
 fob xi. 18. Thou shalt dig about thee, 
 and thou shalt take thy Rest in Safety. 
 Ver. 19. Also thou shalt lie down, and 
 none shall make thee afraid. 
 
 Ps. iv. 8. I will both lay me down in 
 Peace, and sleep ; for thou Lord only 
 makest me to dwell in Safety. 
 
 Ps. cxxvii. 2. Hegivethhisbeloved Sleep. 
 
 Prov. iii. 24. When thou liest down, thou 
 shalt not be afraid ; yea, thou shalt lie down, 
 and thy Sleep shall be sweet. 
 
 / Sam. ii. 9. He will keep the Feet of his 
 Saints, and the wicked shall be silent in 
 
 Dark-
 
 Promises of Safety. 9 
 
 Darkness, for by Strength shall no Man 
 prevail. 
 
 Ps. xxvii. I. The Lord is my Light, 
 and my Salvation, whom shall I fear } The 
 Lord is the Strength of my Life, of whom 
 shall I be afraid ? 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 20. He keepeth all his Bones, 
 not one of them is broken. 
 
 Ps. xci. I. He that dwelleth in the secret 
 Place of the Most High, shall abide under 
 the Shadow of the Almighty. Ver. 2. I 
 will say of the Lord he is my Refuge, and 
 my Fortress ; my God, in him will I trust. 
 Ver. 4. He shall cover thee with his 
 Feathers, and under his Wings shalt thou 
 trust : His Truth shall be thy Shield and 
 Buckler. Ver. 10. There shall no evil 
 befal thee, neither shall any Plague come 
 nigh thy Dwelling. 
 
 Ps. cxxi. I. I will lift up mine Eyes unto 
 the Hills, from whence cometh my Help. 
 
 Ver. 2. My Help cometh from the Lord, 
 which made Heaven and Earth. 
 
 Ver. 3. He will not suffer thy Foot to 
 be moved : he that keepeth thee will not 
 slumber. 
 
 Ver. 4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel, 
 shall neither slumber nor sleep. 
 
 Ver. 5. The Lord is thy Keeper : The 
 Lord is thy Shade upon thy Right Hand. 
 Ver. 6. The Sun shall not smite thee 
 by Day, nor the Moon by Night. 
 
 Ver.
 
 lo Promises of Safety. 
 
 Ver. 7. The Lord shall preserve thee 
 from all Evil : He shall preserve thy Soul. 
 
 Ver. 8. The Lord shall preserve thy 
 going out, and thy coming in, from this 
 Time forth, and even for evermore. 
 
 Ps. cxxiv. 8. Our Help is in the Name 
 of the Lord, who made Heaven and Earth. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. 2. As the Mountains are round 
 3hou\, Jerusale77i, so the Lord is round about 
 his People, from henceforth even for ever. 
 
 Prov. iii, 23. Then shalt thou walk in 
 thy Way safely, and thy Foot shall not 
 stumble. 
 
 Prov. i. 2)Z- But whoso hearkeneth unto 
 me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet 
 from Fear of Evil. 
 
 Is. iv. 5. And the Lord will create upon 
 every Dwelling place of Mount Sion, and 
 upon her Assemblies a Cloud, and Smoke 
 by Day, and the shining of a flaming Fire 
 by Night ; for upon all the Glory shall be 
 a Defence. Ver. 6. And there shall be a 
 Tabernacle for a Shadow in the Day-time 
 from the Heat, and for a Place of Refuge, 
 and for a Covert from Storm and Rain. 
 
 Is. xxxiii. 16. He shall dwell on high ; 
 his Place of Defence shall be the Munition 
 of Rocks. 
 
 Is. xliii. 2. When thou passest through 
 the Waters, I will be with thee ; and through 
 the Rivers, they shall not overflow thee : 
 When thou walkest through the Fire, thou 
 
 shalt
 
 Promises of Safety and Peace. 1 1 
 
 shalt not be burnt ; neither shall the Flame 
 kindle upon thee. Ver. 3. For I am the 
 Lord thy God, the Holy One of Is7^aely 
 thy Saviour. 
 
 Is. xxvii. 3. I the Lord do keep it, I 
 will water it every Moment ; lest any hurt 
 it, I will keep it Night and Day. 
 
 Zech. ii. 5. For I, saith the Lord, will 
 be unto her a Wall of Fire round about, 
 and will be the Glory in the midst of her. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Promises of Peace. 
 
 Lev. xxvi. 6. And I will give Peace in 
 the Land, and ye shall lie down, and none 
 shall make you afraid ; and I will rid evil 
 Beasts out of the Land, neither shall the 
 Sword go through your Land. 
 
 Ps. xxix. II. The Lord will give 
 Strength unto his People, the Lord will 
 bless his People with Peace. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. 5. Peace shall be upon Israel. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 165. Great Peace have they 
 that love thy Law, and nothing shall 
 offend them. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 14. He maketh Peace in thy 
 Borders. 
 
 Is. xxvi. 12. Lord, thou wilt ordain 
 Peace for us ; for thou also hast wrought 
 all our Works in us. 
 
 Is. xxxvii. 18. My People shall dwell in 
 
 a peace-
 
 12 Promises of Direction. 
 
 a peaceable Habitation, and in sure Dwell- 
 ings, and in quiet Resting-places. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Direction. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 23. The Steps of a good 
 Man are ordered by the Lord ; and he 
 delighteth in his Way. 
 
 Ps. xlviii, 14. He will be our Guide, 
 even unto Death. 
 
 Ps. Ixxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with 
 thy Counsel, and afterward receive me to 
 Glory. 
 
 Prov. iii. 6. In all thy Ways acknowledge 
 him, and he shall direct thy Paths. 
 
 Prov. xi. 5. The Righteousness of the 
 perfect shall direct his Way. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 9. A Man's Heart deviseth 
 his Way, but the Lord directeth his Steps. 
 
 Is. xxviii. 26. His God doth instruct 
 him to Discretion, and doth teach him. 
 
 Is. xlii. 16. And I will bring the Blind 
 by a Way that they know not, I will lead 
 them in Paths that they have not known. 
 I will make Darkness Light before them, 
 and crooked Thino^s strait. These Thino-s 
 will I do unto them, and not forsake them. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Honour. 
 
 Deut. xxviii. 13. And the Lord shall 
 make thee the Head, and not the Tail ; and 
 
 thou
 
 Promises of Honour. 13 
 
 thou shalt be above only, and thou shah not 
 be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the 
 Commandments of the Lord thy God, 
 which I command thee this Day, to observe 
 and to do them. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 6. Surely he shall not be moved 
 for ever : The righteous shall be in ever- 
 lasting Remembrance. Ver. 9. His Horn 
 shall be exalted with Honour. 
 
 I Sam. ii. 30. Them that Honour me, 
 I will honour. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 4. By Humility and the Fear 
 of the Lord, are Riches, and Honour, 
 and Life. 
 
 Prov. iii. 16. In her Left Hand are 
 Riches and Honour. 
 
 Prov. iv. 8. Exalt her, and she shall 
 promote thee ; she shall bring thee to 
 Honour, when thou dost embrace her. 
 
 Prov. X. 7. The Memory of the Just is 
 blessed. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 19. The Evil bow before the 
 ofood, and the wicked at the Gates of the 
 righteous. 
 
 Ps. xci. 14. Because he hath set his 
 Love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; 
 I will set him on high, because he hath 
 known my Name. Ver. 15. He shall call 
 upon me, and I will answer him : I will be 
 with him in Trouble, I will deliver him and 
 honour him. 
 
 yo/z7i
 
 14 Promises of Honour and Success. 
 
 John xii. 26. If any Man serve me, let 
 him follow me : and where I am, there shall 
 also my Servant be : If any Man serve me, 
 him will my Father honour. 
 
 Rev. iii. 9. Behold I will make them of 
 the Synagogue of Satan (who say they are 
 Jews, and are not, but do lie) to come and 
 worship thee before thy Feet, and to know 
 that I have loved thee. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Success and Prosperity. 
 
 Ps. i. 3. He shall be like a Tree planted 
 by the Rivers of Water, that bringeth forth 
 his Fruit in his Season : His Leaf also shall 
 not wither, and whatsoever he doth shall 
 prosper. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 5. Commit thy Way unto 
 the Lord ; trust also in him and he shall 
 bring it to pass. 
 
 Ps. cxxviii. 2. Thou shalt eat the Labour 
 of thine Hands : Happy shalt thou be, and 
 it shall be well with thee. 
 
 Ps. Ivii. 2. I will cry unto God most 
 high ; unto God that performeth all Things 
 for me. 
 
 Is. Ixv. 21. And they shall build Houses, 
 and inhabit them ; and they shall plant 
 Vineyards, and eat the Fruit of them. 
 
 Ver. 22. They shall not build, and ano- 
 ther inhabit ; they shall not plant, and ano- 
 ther eat : For as the Days of a Tree are the 
 
 Days
 
 Promises of Plenty and Riches. 15 
 
 Days of my People, and mine Elect shall 
 long- enjoy the Work of their Hands. 
 
 Ver. 23. They shall not labour in vain, 
 nor bring forth for Trouble : For they are 
 the Seed of the blessed of the Lord, and 
 their Off-spring with them. 
 
 Job xi. 15, Thou shalt be stedfast, and 
 shalt not fear. Ver. 17. And thine Age 
 shall be clearer than the Noon-day : Thou 
 shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the 
 Morning. 
 
 Job. xxii. 28. Thou shalt also decree a 
 Thing, and it shall be established unto thee : 
 And the Light shall shine upon thy Ways. 
 
 X. 
 
 Plenty and Riches. 
 
 Deut. xi. 14. I will give you the Rain 
 of your Land in his due Season ; the first 
 Rain and the latter Rain ; that thou mayest 
 gather in thy Corn, and thy Wine, and thine 
 Oil. Ver. 15. And I will send Grass in 
 thy Fields for thy Cattle, that thou mayest 
 eat and be full. 
 
 Dent, xxviii. 12. The Lord shall open 
 unto thee his good Treasure, the Heaven 
 to give the Rain unto thy Land in his 
 Season, and to bless all the Work of thine 
 Hand ; and thou shalt lend unto many 
 Nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 
 
 Deut. XXX. 9. And the Lord thy God 
 will make thee plenteous in every Work of 
 
 thine
 
 1 6 Promises of Plenty and Riches. 
 
 thine Hand, in the Fruit of thy Body, and 
 in the Fruit of thy Cattle, and in the Fruit 
 of thy Land for good ; for the Lord will 
 again rejoice over thee for good, as he re- 
 joiced over thy Fathers, Deut. xxviii. i t. 
 
 Job. xxii, 24. Thou shalt lay up Gold as 
 Dust, and the Gold of Ophir as the Stones 
 of the Brooks. 
 
 Ver. 25. And thou shalt have Plenty 
 
 of Silver. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 2i^. He blesseth them also, so 
 that they are multiplied greatly, and suffer- 
 eth not their Cattle to decrease. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 3. Wealth and Riches shall be 
 in his House, and his Righteousness en- 
 dureth for ever. 
 
 Prov. iii. 16. In her \i. e. Wisdom's] 
 Left Hand are Riches and Honour. 
 
 Pi^ov. viii. 18. Riches and Honour are 
 with me ; yea, durable Riches and Right- 
 eousness. 
 
 Ver. 19. My Fruit is better than Gold, 
 and my Revenue than choice Silver. 
 
 Prov. XV. 6. In the House of the Rioht- 
 eous is much Treasure. 
 
 Is. XXX. 23. Then shall he give the 
 Rain of thy Seed, that thou shalt sow the 
 Ground withal, and Bread of the Increase 
 of the Earth, and it shall be fat and plen- 
 teous : In that Day shall thy Cattle feed 
 in large Pastures. 
 
 XL
 
 Promises of Children and Blessings. 17 
 
 XI. 
 
 Of Children. 
 
 Detit. vii. 13. He will love thee, and 
 bless thee, and multiply thee : He will also 
 bless the Fruit of thy Womb. 
 
 Dait. XXX. 9. And the Lord thy God 
 will make thee plenteous — in the Fruit of 
 thy Body. 
 
 Job. V. 25. Thou shalt know that thy 
 Seed shall be great, and thine off-spring as 
 the Grass of the Earth. 
 
 Ps. cxxvii. 3, Lo, Children are an Heri- 
 tage of the Lord, and the Fruit of the 
 Womb is his Reward. 
 
 //Vr. 4. As Arrows in the Hands of a 
 mighty Man, so are Children of the Youth. 
 Ver. 5. Happy is the Man that hath his 
 Quiver full of them : They shall not be 
 ashamed, but they shall speak with the 
 Enemies in the Gate. 
 
 Ps. cxvi. 14. The Lord shall increase 
 you more and more you and your Children. 
 
 XH. 
 
 A Blessing itpoii all a good Man has. 
 
 Ex. xxiii. 25. And ye shall serve the 
 Lord your God, and he shall bless thy 
 Bread and thy Water. 
 
 DeiU. xxvi. II. And thou shalt rejoice 
 in every good Thing, which the Lord thy 
 
 c God
 
 l8 Promises of Blessings. <^c. 
 
 God hath given unto thee, and unto thine 
 House. 
 
 Dejit. xxviii. 3. Blessed shalt thou be in 
 the City, and blessed shalt thou be in the 
 Field. 
 
 Ver. 4. Blessed shall be the Fruit of 
 thy Body, and the Fruit of thy Ground, 
 and the Fruit of thy Cattle; the Increase 
 of thy Kine, and the Flocks of thy Sheep. 
 Ver. 5. Blessed shall be thy Basket and 
 thy Store. 
 
 Ver. 6. Blessed shalt thou be when thou 
 comest in, and Blessed shalt thou be when 
 thou goest out. 
 
 Ver. 8. The Lord shall command a 
 Blessing upon thee in thy Store- Houses, 
 and in all that thou settest thy Hand unto : 
 And he shall bless thee in the Land, which 
 the Lord thy God giveth thee. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 16. A little that a righteous 
 Man hath, is better than the Riches of 
 many wicked, 
 
 Prov. X. 22. The Blessing of the 
 Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no 
 Sorrow with it. 
 
 Prov. XV. 16. Better is a little with the 
 Fear of the Lord, than great Treasure and 
 Trouble therewith. 
 
 Eccl. ii, 26. God doth give to a Man 
 that is good in his Sight, Wisdom, and 
 Knowledge, and Joy : But to the Sinner he 
 giveth Travel, to gather and to heap up, 
 
 that
 
 Promises of Blessings, &c. 19 
 
 that he may give to him that is good before 
 God. 
 
 EccL iii. 13. Also that every Man 
 should eat and drink, and enjoy the good 
 of his Labour, it is the Gift of God. 
 
 EccL V. 19. Every Man, to whom God 
 hath given Riches and Wealth, and hath 
 given him Power to eat thereof, and to take 
 his Portion, and to rejoice in his Labour ; 
 this is the Gift of God. 
 
 Ver. 20. For he shall not much remember 
 the Days of his Life ; because God answer- 
 eth him in the Joy of his Heart. 
 
 XIIL 
 
 A Blessing upon the Children of 
 the Good. 
 
 Deut. iv. 40. Thou shalt keep his 
 Statutes — that it may go well with thee, 
 and thy Children after thee, DetU. v. 29. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 22. A good Man leaveth an 
 Inheritance unto his Children's Children ; 
 and the Wealth of the Sinner is laid up for 
 the Just. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 26. In the Fear of the Lord 
 is strong Confidence ; and his Children 
 shall have a Place of Refuge. 
 
 Prov. xi. 21. The Seed of the Righteous 
 shall be delivered. 
 
 Prov. xiK. 7. The just Man walketh in 
 his Integrity : His Children are blessed 
 after him. 
 
 Ps.
 
 20 Promises of Blessings, &c. 
 
 Ps. cii. 28. The Children of thy Servants 
 shall continue, and their Seed shall be 
 established before thee. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 2. His Seed shall be mighty 
 upon Earth : The Generation of the 
 Upright shall be blessed. 
 
 Ps. XXV. 13. His Seed shall Inherit the 
 Earth. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 25. I have been young and 
 now am old, yet have I not seen the Right- 
 eous forsaken, nor his Seed begging Bread. 
 
 Ver. 26. He is ever merciful and lendeth : 
 And his Seed is blessed. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 13. He hath blessed thy 
 Children within thee. 
 
 Jcr. xxxii. 39. I will give them one Heart 
 and one Way, that they may fear me for 
 ever, for the good of them, and of their 
 Children after them. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 A Blessing upon the Families of 
 the Good. 
 
 Job v. 24. Thou shalt know also that thy 
 Tabernacle shall be in Peace ; and thou 
 shalt visit thy Habitation, and shalt not sin. 
 
 Job viii. 6. If thou wert pure and 
 upright, surely now he would awake for thee, 
 and make the Habitation of thy Right- 
 eousness prosperous. 
 
 Ver. 7. Tho' thy Beginning were small, 
 yet thy latter End should greatly increase. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises of Blessings, &c. 21 
 
 Ps. cxxviii. 3. Thy Wife shall be as a 
 fruitful Vine by the Sides of thine House ; 
 thy Children like Olive-Plants round about 
 thy Table. 
 
 Ver. 4. Behold, thus shall the Man be 
 blessed that feareth the Lord. 
 
 Ver. 5. The Lord shall bless thee out 
 of Sion ; and thou shalt see the Good of 
 Jerusalem all the Days of thy Life. 
 
 Ver. 6. Yea, thou shalt see thy Children's 
 Children, and Peace upon Israel. 
 
 Prov. iii. 33. He blesseth the Habitation 
 of the Just. 
 
 Prov. xii. 7. The House of the Right- 
 eous shall stand. 
 
 Prov. xiv. II. The Tabernacle of the 
 Upright shall flourish. 
 
 atfyiii 
 
 CHAP. H. 
 
 Promises relating to Troubles of 
 Life. 
 
 \. 
 
 In General. 
 
 ^s 71 ,■ "VOB V. 19. He shall 
 
 Of Preservation J ,1. -^^1 ^ • ^., 
 
 •^^ ^ , , "^ deliver thee in six 
 
 from Irouote. -n 1-1 
 
 J Troubles ; yea, in seven, 
 
 there shall no Evil touch thee. 
 
 Ps.
 
 2 2 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 13. The Lord preserveth the 
 faithful. 
 
 Ps. xxxii. 6. For this shall every one 
 that is godly pray unto thee, in a Time 
 when thou mayest be found : Surely in the 
 Floods of great Waters they shall not come 
 nigh unto him. 
 
 Ve7\ 7. Thou art my hiding Place, thou 
 shalt preserve me from Trouble : Thou 
 shalt compass me about with Songs of 
 Deliverance. 
 
 Ps. xci. 10. There shall no Evil befal 
 thee, neither shall any Plague come nigh 
 thy Dwelling. 
 
 Prov. xii. 21. There shall no Evil 
 happen to the Just. 
 
 Prov. xvi, 19. The Way of the Sloth- 
 ful Man is an Hedge of Thorns : But the 
 Way of the Righteous is made plain. 
 
 ^ /• Job viii. 20. Behold, God 
 
 . r -n 17 will not cast away a perfect 
 out of I rouble.-.. ., .„ { iS ^, 
 
 ■^ Man, neither will he help the 
 
 Evil-doers. 
 
 Ver. 21. Till he fill thy Mouth with 
 
 laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 
 
 JobxA. 16. Thou shalt forget thy Misery, 
 and remember it as Waters that pass away. 
 
 Job xxxvi. 16. Even so would he have 
 removed thee out of the strait into a broad 
 Place, where there is no Straitness ; and 
 that which should be set on thy Table, 
 should be full of Fatness. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 23 
 
 Ps. XXX. 5. His Anger endureth but a 
 Moment : In his Favour is Life : Weeping 
 may endure for a night, but Joy cometh in 
 the Morning. 
 
 /^^. xxxiv. 19. Many are the Afflictions 
 of the righteous, but the Lord deHvereth 
 him out of them all. 
 
 Ps. xlii. II. Why art thou cast down, 
 O my Soul ^ And why art thou disquieted 
 within me ? Hope thou in God, for I shall 
 yet praise him, who is the Health of my 
 Countenance, and my God. 
 
 Ps. Ixviii. 13. Though ye have lien 
 among the Pots, yet shall ye be as the 
 Wings of a Dove covered with Silver, and 
 her Feathers with yellow Gold. 
 
 Ps. Ixxi. 20. Thou, which hast shewed 
 me great and sore Troubles, shalt quicken 
 me again, and shalt bring me up again from 
 the Depths of the Earth. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 27. Thou wilt save the afflicted 
 People, but will bring down high Looks. 
 
 Ver. 28. For thou wilt light my Candle ; 
 The Lord my God will enlighten my 
 Darkness. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 8. The Lord openeth the 
 Eyes of the Blind, the Lord raiseth them 
 that are bowed down. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 19. They cry unto the Lord 
 in their Trouble : he delivereth them out 
 of their Distresses. 
 
 Ps.
 
 24 Piwnises of Deliverance, &c. 
 
 Ps. cxxvi. 5. They that sow in Tears, 
 shall reap in Joy. 
 
 Ver. 6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, 
 bearing precious Seed, shall doubtless come 
 again with rejoicing, bringing his Sheaves 
 with him. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 8. The Righteous is de- 
 livered out of Trouble, and the Wicked 
 cometh in his stead. 
 
 Prov. xii. 13. The Wicked is snared 
 by the Transgression of his Lips ; but the 
 Just shall come out of Trouble. 
 
 Pj^ov. xxvi. 16. A just Man falleth seven 
 times, and riseth up again. 
 
 Jer. xxix. 11. I know the Thoughts 
 that I think towards you, saith the Lord ; 
 Thoughts of Peace, and not of Evil, to 
 give you an expected End. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 12. Their Soul shall be as a 
 watered Garden, and they shall not sorrow 
 any more. 
 
 Ver. 13. I will turn their Mourning 
 into Joy, and will comfort them, and make 
 them rejoice from their Sorrow. 
 
 Hos. vi. I. Come and let us return 
 
 unto the Lord, for he hath torn, and he 
 
 will heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will 
 
 bind us up. 
 
 c J. i / 7 Ps. ix. 9. The Lord will 
 Support tender I r^ r r i 1 
 
 Tn hi be a Ketuge lortheoppressed, 
 
 aKeiugem 1 imesof 1 rouble. 
 
 Ps
 
 Promises of Support, &c. 25 
 
 Ps. xxii. 24. He hath not despised nor 
 abhorred the Affliction of the Afflicted ; 
 neither hath he hid his Face from him : 
 But when he cried unto him, he heard. 
 
 Ps. xxvii. 14. Wait on the Lord ; be of 
 good courage, and he shall strengthen thine 
 Heart : Wait, I say, on the Lord. 
 
 ]/ei\ 12. When my Father and my 
 Mother forsake me, then the Lord will 
 take me up. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 24. Though he fall, he shall 
 not be utterly cast down : For the Lord 
 upholdeth him with his Hand. 
 
 Ver. 39. The Salvation of the Righteous 
 is of the Lord : He is their Strength in 
 the Time of Trouble. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 2. The Lord is my Rock, and 
 my Fortress, and my Deliverer : My God 
 my Strength, in whom I will trust ; my 
 Buckler, and the Horn of my Salvation, 
 and my high Tower. 
 
 Ps. xlvi. I. God is our Refuge and 
 Strength, a very present Help in Trouble. 
 Ver. 2. Therefore will we not fear, tho' 
 the Earth be removed, and tho' the Moun- 
 tains be carried into the midst of the Sea. 
 Ver. 3. Though the Waters thereof roar, 
 and be troubled ; though the Mountains 
 shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 
 
 Ps. Iv. 22. Cast thy Burden upon the 
 Lord, and he shall sustain thee : He shall 
 never suffer the Righteous to be moved.
 
 26 Promises of Support, &c. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 7. I will be glad and rejoice 
 in thy Mercy : For thou hast considered 
 my Trouble : thou hast known my Soul in 
 Adversities. 
 
 Exod. iii. 7. I have surely seen the Afflic- 
 tion of my People which are in Egypt, and 
 have heard their Cry by reason of their 
 Task-masters : For I know their Sorrows. 
 
 Ps. xli. I. Blessed is he that considereth 
 the Poor ; the Lord will deliver him in 
 time of Trouble. 
 
 Ps. Ixxi. 3. Thou hast given Command- 
 ment to save me, for thou art my Rock and 
 my Fortress. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 4. Unto the Upright there 
 ariseth Light in the Darkness. 
 
 Ps. cxxxvi. 23. Who remembered us in 
 our low Estate : For his Mercy endureth 
 for ever. 
 
 Ps. cxxxviii. 7. Though I walk in the 
 midst of Trouble, thou wilt revive me ; 
 Thou shalt stretch forth thine Hand acrainst 
 the Wrath of mine Enemies, and thy Right 
 Hand shall save me. 
 
 Ps. Ixxiii. 26. My Flesh and my Heart 
 faileth; but God is the Strength of my Heart. 
 
 Ps. cxlv. 14. The Lord upholdeth all 
 that fall, and raiseth up all that are bowed 
 down. 
 
 Is. xxv. 4. Thou hast been a Strength 
 to the Poor, a Strength to the Needy in his 
 Distress, a Refuge from the Storm, a Sha- 
 dow
 
 Promises of Support, &c. 27 
 
 dow from the Heat, when the Blast of the 
 terrible ones is as a Storm against the Wall. 
 
 Is. xxvii. 8. In Measure, when it 
 shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it : 
 He stayeth his rough Wind in the Day of 
 the East Wind. 
 
 Job xxxiv. 23. He will not lay upon 
 Man more than is right, that he should 
 enter into the Judgment with God. 
 
 Is. 1. 10. Who is among you that feareth 
 the Lord, that obeyeth the Voice of his 
 Servant, that walketh in Darkness and hath 
 no Light, let him trust in the Name of the 
 Lord, and stay upon his God. 
 
 Lam. iii. 31. The Lord will not cast off 
 for ever. 
 
 Ver. 32. But though he cause Grief, yet 
 will he have Compassion, according to the 
 multitude of his Mercies. 
 
 Ver. 33. For he doth not afflict willingly, 
 nor grieve the Children of Men. 
 
 Jer. XXX. II. I am with thee, saith the 
 Lord, to save thee : I will correct thee in 
 measure, and will not leave thee altogether 
 unpunished. 
 
 Jer. xvi. 19. O Lord, my Refuge and 
 my Fortress ; and my Refuge in the Day 
 of my Affliction. 
 
 Mic. vii. 8. Rejoice not against me, O 
 mine Enemy : When I fall, I shall arise ; 
 when I sit in Darkness, the Lord shall be 
 a Light unto me. 
 
 Ver.
 
 28 Promises of Support, &c. 
 
 Ver. 9. I will bear the Indignation of the 
 Lord, because I have sinned against him, 
 until he plead my Cause, and execute Judg- 
 ment for me : He will bring me forth to the 
 Light, and I shall behold his Righteousness. 
 
 Nah. i. 7. The Lord is good, a strong 
 Hold in the Day of Trouble, and he 
 knoweth them that trust in him. 
 
 Matt, xi, 28. Come unto me, all ye that 
 labour, and are heavy laden, and I will 
 give you Rest. 
 
 John xvi. 2)^' These Things I have 
 spoken unto you, that in me ye might have 
 Peace : In the World ye shall have Tribu- 
 lation ; but be of good cheer, I have over- 
 come the World. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 5. For as the Sufferings of 
 Christ abound in us, so our Consolation 
 also aboundeth by Christ. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 8. We are troubled on every 
 side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, 
 but not in despair. 
 
 Ver. 9. Persecuted, but not forsaken ; 
 cast down, but not destroyed. 
 
 II. 
 
 Promises relating to Sickness, Old 
 Age, &c. 
 
 r\r r\ /• Exod. y.^\\\. 2^. Ye sliall 
 
 Of Detivcrance ^i, t n 
 
 / o- / serve the Lord your Ltod, 
 
 from Sickness. it -n ^ i c i 
 
 -^ and 1 will take away Sick- 
 
 ness from the midst of thee. 
 
 Exod,
 
 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 29 
 
 Exod. XV. 26. If thou wilt diligently 
 hearken to the Voice of the Lord thy God, 
 and wilt do that which is right in his Sight, 
 and wilt give ear to his Commandments, 
 and keep all his Statutes ; I will put none 
 of these Diseases upon thee which I have 
 brought upon the Egyptians : For I am the 
 Lord that healeth thee. 
 
 Job xxxiii. 24. He is gracious unto him, 
 and saith, Deliver him from going down to 
 the Pit, I have found a Ransom. 
 
 Ver. 25. His Flesh shall be fresher than 
 a Child's : He shall return to the Days of 
 his Youth. 
 
 Ver. 26. He shall pray unto God, and 
 he will be favourable unto him, and he shall 
 see his Face with Joy : For he will render 
 unto Man his Righteousness. 
 
 Ver. 28. He will deliver his Soul from 
 going into the Pit, and his Life shall see 
 the Light. 
 
 Ps. xci. 3. Surely he shall deliver thee 
 from the Snare of the Fowler, and from 
 the noisome Pestilence. 
 
 Ver. 5. Thou shalt not be afraid for the 
 Terror by Night, nor for the Arrow that 
 flieth by Day : 
 
 Ver. 6. Nor for the Pestilence that walk- 
 eth in Darkness ; nor for the Destruction 
 that wasteth at Noon-day. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 3. Who forgiveth all thine 
 Iniquities ; who healeth all thy Diseases. 
 
 Deut.
 
 30 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 
 
 Deut. vii. 15. The Lord will take away 
 from thee all Sickness, and will put none of 
 the evil Diseases of Egypt upon thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxiii. 6. Behold I wnll bring Health 
 
 and Cure ; and I will cure them, and will 
 
 reveal unto them the Abundance of Peace 
 
 and Truth. 
 
 o ,, , 1 Ps.^x. -i. The Lord will 
 
 Suppoid under ^ .u u- .1, c j 
 
 ^^. J strengthen hmi upon the Bed 
 
 dlCrineSS, c \ • 1 • T"*! •!> 
 
 01 lans^uishnio- : 1 hou wilt 
 make all his Bed in his Sickness. 
 
 Ps. cxvi. 6. The Lord preserveth the 
 Simple : I was brought low, and he helped 
 me. 
 
 I Tim. ii. 15. Notwith- 
 In Child-bcarij2p\si?\.n<X\v\o- she shall be saved 
 
 in Child-bearing, if they 
 continue in Faith and Charity, and Holiness 
 with Sobriety. 
 
 Dcid. vii. 13. He will bless the Fruit 
 of thy Womb. 
 
 Geii. xlix. 25. Even by the God of thy 
 Father, who shall help thee ; and by the 
 Almighty, who shall bless thee with Bless- 
 ings of Heaven above, Blessings of the 
 Deep that lieth under. Blessings of the 
 Breasts, and of the Womb. 
 
 Ps. Ixxi. 9. Cast me not off 
 In Old Age. in the Time of Old Age, for- 
 sake me not when my Strength 
 faileth. 
 
 Is,
 
 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 31 
 
 Is. xlvi. 4. And even to your Old Age 
 I am he, and even to hoary Hairs will I 
 carry you : I have made, and I will bear ; 
 even I will carry and will deliver you. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 31. The hoary Head is a 
 Crown of Glory, if it be found in the way 
 of Righteousness. 
 
 HI. 
 
 Of Deliverance from Famine and Want. 
 
 Job V. 20. In Famine he shall redeem 
 thee from Death. 
 
 Ver. 22. At Destruction and Famine 
 thou shalt laugh. 
 
 Ps. xxxiii. 18. Behold the Eye of the 
 Lord is upon them that fear him ; upon 
 them that hope in his Mercy : 
 
 Ver. 19. To deliver their Souls from 
 Death, and to keep them alive in Famine. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 19. They shall not be 
 ashamed in the evil Time : And in the 
 Days of Famine they shall be satisfied. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 7. Which giveth Food to the 
 Hungry. 
 
 Is. xli. 17. When the Poor and needy 
 seek Water and there is none, and their 
 Tongue faileth for Thirst ; I the Lord will 
 hear them, I the God of Israel will not 
 forsake them. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 29. I will call for the Corn, 
 and will increase it, and lay no Famine 
 upon you. 
 
 Ver.
 
 32 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 
 
 Ver. 30. And I will multiply the Fruit 
 of the Tree, and the Increase of the Field, 
 that ye shall receive no more Reproach of 
 Famine, among the Heathen. 
 
 Zech. X. I . Ask ye of the Lord Rain in 
 the Time of the latter Rain, so the Lord 
 shall make bright Clouds, and give them 
 Showers of Rain, to every one Grass in 
 the Field. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 9. H e satisfieth the longing Soul, 
 and filleth the hungry Soul with Goodness. 
 
 Hab. iii. 1 7. Though the Fig-tree shall 
 not blossom, neither shall Fruit be in the 
 Vines ; the Labour of the Olive shall fail, 
 and the Fields shall yield no Meat ; the 
 Flock shall be cut off from the Fold, and 
 there shall be no Herd in the Stall. 
 
 Ver. 18. Yet will I rejoice in the Lord : 
 I will joy in the God of my Salvation. 
 
 Matt. iv. 4. Man shall not live by Bread 
 alone, but by every Word that proceedeth 
 out of the Mouth of God. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Deliverance from War and Enemies. 
 
 ^ .. Deut. XX. 4. The Lord your 
 
 Ve liver ance r- • t, ^u *- ^u vu 
 
 r rrr GoD IS oe that P'oeth with you, 
 
 fro7n War. ^ri^r ^ • ^ ■' 
 
 ' to light tor you against your 
 
 Enemies, to save you, Deut. xxiii. 14. 
 
 Job V. 20. In War he shall redeem thee 
 
 from the Power of the Sword. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises of Deliverance, &€. 33 
 
 Ps. Ix. 12. Through God we shall do 
 valiantly : For he it is that shall tread down 
 our Enemies. 
 
 2 Chron. xiii. 12. Behold God himself 
 is with us for our Captain. 
 
 Prov.\\\. 25. Be not afraid of sudden Fear, 
 nor of the Desolation of the Wicked, when 
 it Cometh. 
 
 Ver. 26. For the Lord shall be thy Con- 
 fidence, and shall keep thy Foot from being 
 taken. 
 
 Is. xli. II. Behold all they that were in- 
 censed against thee, shall be ashamed and 
 confounded : They shall be as nothing ; and 
 they that strive with thee shall perish. 
 
 Ver. 1 2. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt 
 not find them, even them that contended 
 with thee : They that war against thee shall 
 be as nothing, and as a Thing of nought. 
 
 y^r. xxxii. 17. I will deliver thee in that 
 
 Day, saith the Lord, and thou shalt not be 
 
 given into the Hand of the Men of whom 
 
 thou art afraid. 
 
 Ver. 1 8. For I will surely deliver thee, 
 
 and thou shalt not fall by the Sword ; but 
 
 thy Life shall be for a Prey unto thee, 
 
 because thou hast put thy Trust in me, 
 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 j^ J- 2 Kinrs vi. 16. Fear 
 
 Deliverance ^r X. .i.u vu 
 
 r jy ■ not, tor they that be with 
 
 from hnemies. ^ . . 
 
 •^ us are more than they 
 
 that be with them. 
 
 D 2 Chron.
 
 34 Promises of Deliverance, &€. 
 
 2 Chron. xiv. ii. Lord, it is nothing 
 with thee to help, whether with many, or 
 with them that have no Power. 
 
 2 Kings xvii. 39. The Lord your God 
 ye shall fear, and he shall deliver you out 
 of the Hand of all your Enemies. 
 
 Ps.y^v\\. 7, Shew thy marvellous Loving- 
 Kindness, O thou that savest by thy Right 
 Hand them which put their Trust in thee, 
 from those that rise up against them. 
 
 Ps. xxvii. 5. In the Time of Trouble he 
 shall hide me in his Pavilion ; in the secret 
 of his Tabernacle shall he hide me : He 
 shall set ine up upon a Rock. 
 
 Ver. 6. And now shall mine Head be 
 lifted up above mine Enemies round about 
 me : Therefore will I offer in his Tabernacle 
 Sacrifices of Joy ; I will sing, yea, I will 
 sing Praises unto the Lord. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 32. The Wicked watcheth 
 the Righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 
 
 Ver. T^'^. The Lord will not leave him 
 in his Hand, nor condemn him when he is 
 judged. 
 
 Ver. 40. And the Lord shall help and 
 deliver them : He will deliver them from 
 the Wicked, and save them, because they 
 trust in him. 
 
 Ps. xcvii. TO. He preserveth the Souls 
 of his Saints ; he delivereth them out of 
 the Hand of the Wicked. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises of Deliverance. &c. 35 
 
 Ps. cxii. 8. His Heart is established, he 
 shall not be afraid, until he see his Desire, 
 upon his Enemies. 
 
 Ps. cxviii. 7. The Lord taketh my part 
 with them that help me : Therefore shall I 
 see my Desire upon my Enemies. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. 3. The Rod of the Wicked 
 shall not rest upon the Lot of the Righteous, 
 lest the Righteous put forth their Hands 
 unto Iniquity. 
 
 Job viii. 22. They that hate thee shall 
 be clothed with Shame, and the Dwelling- 
 place of the Wicked shall come to nought. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 7. When a Man's Ways please 
 the Lord, he maketh even his Enemies to 
 be at Peace with him. 
 
 Is. XXV. 5. Thou shalt bring down the 
 Noise of Strangers as the Heat in a dry 
 Place ; even the Heat with the Shadow of 
 a Cloud : The Branch of the terrible ones 
 shall be brought low. 
 
 Is. liv, 17. No Weapon that is formed 
 against thee shall prosper; and every Ton- 
 gue that shall rise against thee in Judgment, 
 thou shalt condemn. This is the Heritage 
 of the Servants of the Lord, and their 
 Righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. 
 
 Ver. 15. Whosoever shall gather toge- 
 ther against thee, shall fall for thy Sake. 
 
 Deut. xxviii. 7, The Lord shall cause 
 thine Enemies, that rise up against thee, to 
 be smitten before thy Face : They shall 
 
 come
 
 36 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 
 
 come out against thee one Way, and flee 
 before thee seven Ways. 
 
 Luke xviii. 7, 8. Shall not God avenge 
 his own Elect, that cry Day and Night 
 unto him, though he bear long with them ? 
 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. 
 
 Acts xviii. 10. I am with thee : And no 
 Man shall set on thee, to hurt thee. 
 
 Heb. xiii. 6. So that we may boldly say, 
 the Lord is my Helper, I will not fear what 
 Man shall do unto me. Ps. cxviii. 6. 
 
 Luke i, 71. That we should be saved 
 from our Enemies, and from the Hand of 
 all that hate us. 
 
 Ver. 74. That he would grant unto us, 
 that we being delivered out of the Hands 
 of our Enemies, might serve him without 
 Fear. 
 
 Ver. 75. In Holiness and Righteousness 
 before him, all the Days of our Life. 
 
 V. 
 
 From Oppression and Injustice. 
 
 Exod. xxii. 26. If thou at all take thy 
 Neighbour's Raiment to pledge, thou shalt 
 deliver it to him by that the Sun goeth 
 down. 
 
 Ver. 27. For that is his Covering only, 
 it is his Raiment for his Skin : Wherein 
 shall he sleep ? And it shall come to pass, 
 when he crieth unto me, that I will hear ; 
 for I am gracious. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 2>7 
 
 Ps. xii. 5. For the Oppression of the 
 Poor, for the Sighing of the Needy, now 
 will I arise, saith the Lord : I will set him 
 in safety from him that puffeth at him. 
 
 Ps. XXXV. 10. All my Bones shall say. 
 Lord, who is like unto thee ? which deli- 
 verest the Poor from him who is too strong" 
 for him ; yea, the Poor and the Needy, 
 from him that spoileth him. 
 
 Ps. Ixxii. 4. He shall judge the Poor of 
 the People, he shall save the Children of the 
 Needy, and shall break in Pieces the Op- 
 pressor. 
 
 Ver. 14. He shall redeem their Soul 
 from Deceit and Violence : And precious 
 shall their Blood be in his Sight. 
 
 Ps. cix. 31. He shall stand at the Right 
 Hand of the Poor, to save him from those 
 that condemn his Soul. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 7. Which executeth Judgment 
 for the Oppressed. 
 
 Eccl. V. 8. If thou seest the Oppression 
 of the Poor, and violent perverting of 
 Judgment and Justice in a Province, marvel 
 not at the Matter : For he that is higher 
 than the highest regardeth, and there be 
 higher than they. 
 
 Is. liv. 14. In Righteousness shalt thou 
 be established : Thou shalt be f^ir from 
 Oppression, for thou shalt not fear ; and 
 from Terror, for it shall not come nigh 
 thee. 
 
 VI.
 
 3B Promises of Deliverance, &c. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Froju Slanders and Reproach. 
 
 Job V. 21. Thou shalt be hid from the 
 Scourge of the Tongue ; neither shah thou 
 be afraid of the Destruction when it cometh. 
 
 Job xi. 1 5. Thou shah Hft up thy Face 
 without Spot. 
 
 Ps. XXX vii. 6. He shall bring forth thy 
 Righteousness as the Light, and thy Judg- 
 ment as the Noon-day. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 20. Thou shalt hide them in 
 the secret of thy Presence from the Pride 
 of Man : Thou shalt keep them secretly in 
 a Pavilion, from the Strife of Tongues. 
 
 Ps. Ivii. 3. He shall send from Heaven, 
 and save me from the Reproach of him that 
 would swallow me up : Selah. God shall 
 send forth his Mercy and his Truth. 
 
 Is. li. 7. Hearken unto me, ye 
 
 Reproach, that know Righteousness, the 
 
 People in whose Heart is my 
 
 Law : Fear ye not the Reproach of Men, 
 
 neither be ye afraid of their Revilings. 
 
 Ver. 8. For the Moth shall eat them up 
 like a Garment, and the Worm shall eat 
 them like Wool : But my Righteousness 
 shall be for ever, and my Salvation from 
 Generation to Generation. 
 
 Alatt. v. II. Blessed are ye when Men 
 shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall 
 
 say
 
 Promises to the Stranger. 39 
 
 say all manner of Evil against you falsly, 
 for my sake. 
 
 Ver. 1 2. Rejoice and be exceeding glad ; 
 for great is your Reward in Heaven. 
 
 Heb. xi. 26. Esteeming the Reproach 
 of Christ ereater Riches than the Treasures 
 in Egypt; for he had respect unto the 
 Recompence of the Reward, 
 
 1 Pet. iv. 14. If ye be reproached for 
 the Name of Christ, happy are ye ; for the 
 Spirit of Glory and of God resteth upon 
 you : On their Part he is evil spoken of, 
 but on your Part he is glorified. 
 
 VII. 
 
 From Witchcraft. 
 
 Nwnb. xxiii. 23. Surely there is no 
 Enchantment 2.<^c\\\-\sl Jacob, neither is there 
 any Divination against Israel. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Promises to the Stranger. 
 
 Deut. x. 18. He loveth the Stranger, in 
 giving him Food and Raiment. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 9. The Lord preserveth the 
 Strangers. 
 
 Ezek. xi. 16. Thus saith the Lord God, 
 Although I have cast them far off among 
 the Heathen, and although I have scattered 
 them among the Countries ; yet will I be 
 to them as a little Sanctuary, in the Coun- 
 tries where they shall come. 
 
 IX.
 
 4o Promises to the Poor and Helpless. 
 
 IX. 
 
 To the Poor and Helpless. 
 
 Ps. ix. 1 8. The Needy shall not always 
 be forgotten ; the Expectation of the Poor 
 shall not perish for ever. 
 
 Ps. Ixviii. lo. Thou, O God, hast pre- 
 pared of thy Goodness for the Poor. 
 
 Ps. Ixix. ^i^i' The Lord heareth the 
 Poor. 
 
 Ps. cxxxii. 15. I will satisfy her Poor 
 with Bread. 
 
 Is. xiv. 30. The First-born of the Poor 
 shall feed ; and the Needy shall lie down 
 in safety. 
 
 Ps. Ixxii. 2. He shall judge thy People 
 with Righteousness, and thy Poor with 
 Judgment. 
 
 Ver. 12. He shall deliver the Needy, 
 when he crieth ; the Poor also, and him 
 that hath no Helper. 
 
 Ver. 13. He shall spare the Poor and 
 Needy, and shall save the Souls of the 
 Needy. 
 
 Ps. cii. 17. He will regard the Prayer of 
 the Destitute, and not despise their Prayer. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 41. He setteth the Poor on 
 high from Affliction, and maketh his 
 Families like a Flock. 
 
 Ps. cxiii. 7. He raiseth up the Poor out 
 of the Dust, and lifteth the Needy out of 
 die Dunehill. 
 
 Jer, 
 
 t>
 
 Promises to the Fatherless, &c. 41 
 
 Jer. XX. 13. Sing unto the Lord, praise 
 ye the Lord, for he hath deUvered the 
 Soul of the Poor from the Hand of Evil- 
 doers. 
 
 Job V. 15. He saveth the Poor from 
 the Sword, from their Mouth, and from the 
 Hand of the Mighty. 
 
 Ver. 16. So the Poor hath Hope, and 
 Iniquity stoppeth her Mouth. 
 
 Job xxxvi. 15. He delivereth the Poor 
 in his Affliction, and openeth their Ears in 
 Oppression. 
 
 Jam. i. 9. Let the Brother of low Degree 
 rejoice, in that he is exalted. 
 
 Jam. ii. 5. Hearken my beloved Breth- 
 ren, Hath not God chosen the Poor of 
 this World, rich in Faith, and Heirs of the 
 Kingdom, which he hath promised to them 
 that love him ? 
 
 Luke xvi. 25. Abraham said. Son, re- 
 member, thou in thy Life-time receivedst 
 thy good Things, and likewise Lazarus 
 evil Things : But now he is comforted, and 
 thou art tormented. 
 
 X. 
 
 To the Fatherless and Widow. 
 
 Exod. xxii. 22. Ye shall not afflict any 
 Widow, or fatherless Child. 
 
 Ver. 23. If thou afflict them in any wise, 
 
 and they cry at all unto me. I will surely 
 
 hear tlieir Cry. 
 
 Ver.
 
 42 Promises to the Fatherless, &c. 
 
 Ver. 24. And my Wrath shall wax hot, 
 and I will kill you with the Sword : And 
 your Wives shall be Widows, and your 
 Children fatherless. 
 
 Deut. X. 18. He doth execute the Judg- 
 ment of the Fatherless and the Widow. 
 
 Ps. X. 14. The Poor committeth him- 
 self unto thee : Thou art the Helper of the 
 Fatherless. 
 
 Ver. 18. To judge the Fatherless and 
 the Oppressed, that the Man of the Earth 
 may no more oppress. 
 
 Ps. Ixviii. 5. A Father of the Fatherless, 
 and a Judge of the Widow, is God in his 
 holy Habitation. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 9. He relieveth the Fatherless 
 and Widow. 
 
 Prov. XV. 25. The Lord will destroy 
 the House of the Proud ; but he will 
 establish the Border of the Widow. 
 
 Prov. xxiii. 10. Remove not the old. 
 Land-mark ; and enter not into the Fields 
 of the Fatherless. 
 
 Ver. 1 1 . For their Redeemer is mighty : 
 He shall plead their Cause with thee. 
 
 Jer. xlix. 11. Leave thy fatherless Chil- 
 dren*, I will preserve them alive ; and let 
 thy Widows trust in me. 
 
 Has. 
 
 '^' Though the Chaldee Paraphrase imderstaiids 
 these Words as a Promise to the FamHles of the 
 Jews, in tJieir Captivity : others, more agreeably to 
 
 " the
 
 Promises to the Childless, &c. 43 
 
 Hos. xiv. 3. In thee the Fatherless 
 findeth Mercy. 
 
 XL 
 To the Childless. 
 
 Ps. Ixviii. 6. God setteth the Solitary 
 in Families. 
 
 Ps. cxiii. 9. He maketh the barren 
 Woman to keep House, and to be a joyful 
 Mother of Children. 
 
 Is. Ivi. 4. Thus saith the Lord, unto 
 the Eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and 
 chose the Things that please me, and take 
 hold of my Covenant. 
 
 Ver. 5. Even unto them will I give in 
 mine House, and within my Walls a Place, 
 and a Name, better than of Sons and of 
 Daughters : I will oive them an everlasting 
 Name, that shall not be cut off. 
 
 XH. 
 
 To the Prisoner and Captive. 
 Ps. Ixviii. 6. He bringeth out those 
 which are bound with Chains. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 7. The Lord looseth the 
 Prisoners. 
 
 - Dent. XXX. 4. If any of thine be driven 
 out unto the utmost Parts of Heaven, from 
 
 thence 
 
 the. Context^ look upon them as a Thyeatniug against 
 fhc Edomites, and thus join thevi to the 10th Verse, 
 and render them : There is none to say, Leave thy 
 fatherless Children, ^c.
 
 44 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 
 
 thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, 
 and from thence will he fetch thee. 
 
 Ps. Ixix. 33. He despiseth not his 
 Prisoners. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 14. He brought them out of 
 Darkness, and the Shadow of Death, and 
 brake their Bands in sunder. 
 
 Is. li. 14. The captive Exile hasteneth, 
 that he may be loosed, and that he should 
 not die in the Pit, nor that his Bread should 
 fail. 
 
 A. xlix. 25. Thus saith the Lord. Even 
 the Captives of the mighty shall be taken 
 away, and the Prey of the terrible shall be 
 delivered : P'or I will contend with him that 
 contendeth with thee, and I will save thy 
 Children. 
 
 fer. XV. 1 1. Verily it shall be well with 
 thy Remnant ; verily I will cause the 
 Enemy to entreat thee well in the Time of 
 Evil, and in the Time of Affliction. 
 
 XHI. 
 Promises of Deliverance from Death. 
 
 Job xxxiii. 28. He will deliver his Soul 
 from going into the Pit, and his Life shall 
 see the Light, 
 
 Ps. Ixviii. 20. He that is our God, is the 
 God of Salvation ; and unto God the Lord 
 belong the Issues from Death. 
 
 Ps. Ixvi. 8. O bless our God, ye People ; 
 and make the Voiceof his Praise to be heard. 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises of Deliverance, &c. 45 
 
 Ver. 9. Who holdeth our Soul in Life, 
 and suffereth not our Feet to be moved. 
 
 Ps. cii. 19. From Heaven did the Lord 
 behold the Earth. 
 
 Ver. 20. To hear the groaning of the 
 Prisoner, to loose those who are appointed 
 to Death. 
 
 Ps. cvii. 18. Their Soul abhorreth all 
 manner of Meat, and they draw near unto 
 the Gates of Death. 
 
 Ver. 19. Then they cry unto the Lord 
 in their Trouble ; he saveth them out of 
 their Distresses. 
 
 Ps. cxvi. 15. Precious in the Sight of 
 the Lord is the Death of his Saints. 
 
 Ps. xci. 7. A thousand shall fall at thy 
 Side, and ten thousand at thy Right Hand; 
 but it shall not come nigh thee. 
 
 Ps. ix. 13. Thou that liftest me up from 
 the Gates of Death. 
 
 I Sa7n. ii. 6. The Lord killeth, and 
 maketh alive ; he bringeth down to the 
 Grave, and bringeth up. 
 
 Detit. xxxii. 39. See now, that I, even 
 I am He, and there is no God with me : I 
 kill, I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : 
 Neither is there any that can deliver out of 
 my Hand. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 (46) 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 Promises of Spiritual Blessings in 
 this Life. 
 
 I. 
 
 In General. 
 
 pSAL. XXV. lo. All the Paths of the 
 
 Lord are Mercy and Truth, unto such 
 
 as keep his Covenant and his Testimonies. 
 
 Ver. 14. The Secret of the Lord is 
 with them that fear him, and he will shew 
 them his Covenant. 
 
 Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and 
 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
 hath blessed us with all spiritual Blessings 
 in heavenly Places in Christ. 
 
 Ver. 4. According as he hath chosen 
 us in him before the Foundation of the 
 World, that we should be Holy, and without 
 Blame before him in Love. 
 
 Ver. 7. According to the Riches of his 
 Grace. 
 
 Ver. 8. Wherein he hath abounded 
 towards us in all Wisdom and Prudence. 
 
 Gal. v\. 16. As many as walk according 
 to this Rule, Peace be on them, and Mercy, 
 and upon the Israel of God. 
 
 Ro7n.
 
 Promises of Blessings, <5fc. 47 
 
 Rom. viii. 30. Whom he did predestinate 
 them he also called : And whom he called, 
 them he also justified : And whom he 
 justified, them he also glorified. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 3. According to his Divine 
 Power hath he given unto us all Things, 
 that pertain unto Life and Godliness, 
 through the Knowledg-e of him that hath 
 called us unto Glory and Virtue. 
 
 Ver. 4. Whereby are given unto us 
 exceeding great and precious Promises. 
 
 II. 
 
 Of Justification, Pardon and 
 Rfxonciliation. 
 
 Numb.xyXxi. 2\. He hath 
 Justification, not beheld Iniquity m Jacob, 
 neither hath he seen Per- 
 verseness in Israel. 
 
 Is. xlv. 25. In the Lord shall all the 
 Seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. 
 
 Is. liii. II. By his Knowledge shall my 
 righteous Servant justify many ; for he shall 
 bear their Iniquities. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 25. I will sprinkle clean 
 Water upon you, and ye shall be clean : 
 From all your Filthiness, and from all your 
 Idols, will I cleanse you. 
 
 Rom. iii. 24. Being justified freely by 
 his Grace, through the Redemption that is 
 
 in Jesus Christ. 
 
 Rom.
 
 48 Promises of Justification. 
 
 Rom. V. T. Being justified by Faith, we 
 have Peace with God, thro' our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 Ver. 9. Being justified by his Blood, we 
 shall be saved from Wrath through him. 
 
 Ver. 18. By the Righteousness of One, 
 the free Gift came upon all Men unto 
 Justification of Life. 
 
 Ver. 19. For by the Obedience of One, 
 shall many be made Righteous. 
 
 Rom. viii. i. There is therefore now no 
 Condemnation to them which are in Christ 
 Jesus, who walk not after the Flesh, but 
 after the Spirit. 
 
 Ver. 2)3- Who shall lay any thing to 
 the Charge of God's Elect? It is God that 
 justifieth : 
 
 Ver. 34. Who is he that condemneth ? 
 It is Christ that died ; yea, rather is risen 
 again, who is even at the Right Hand of 
 God, who also maketh Intercession for us. 
 
 2 Chron. v. 21. He hath made him to 
 be Sin for us, who knew no Sin ; that we 
 might be made the Righteousness of God, 
 in him. 
 
 Acts xiii. 39. By him all that believe 
 are justified from all Things, from which 
 ye could not be justified by the Law of 
 Moses. 
 
 Tit. iii. 7. That being justified by his 
 Grace, we should be made Heirs according 
 to the Hope of eternal Life. 
 
 Par-
 
 Promises of Pardon of Sin. 49 
 
 Exod. xxxiv. 7. Keeping 
 Pardon of Sin. Mercy for Thousands, for- 
 giving Iniquity, and Trans- 
 gression, and Sin. 
 
 Ps. Ixv, 3. As for our Transgressions, 
 thou shalt purge them away. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 9. He will not always chide, 
 neither will he keep his Anger for ever. 
 
 Ver. 10. He hath not dealt with us after 
 our Sins, nor rewarded us according to our 
 Iniquities. 
 
 Ver. II. As the Heaven is high above 
 the Earth, so great is his Mercy toward 
 them that fear him, 
 
 Ver. 12. As far as the East is from the 
 West, so far hath he removed our Trans- 
 gressions from us. 
 
 Ps. cxxx. 4. There is Forgiveness with 
 thee, that thou mayst be feared. 
 
 Ver. 8. He shall redeem Israel from 
 all his Iniquities. 
 
 Is. xxxiii. 24. The Inhabitant shall not 
 say, I am sick : The People that dwell 
 therein, shall be forgiven their Iniquity. 
 
 Is. xliii. 25. 1, even I, am he that 
 blotteth out thy Transgressions for mine 
 own sake, and will not remember thy Sins. 
 
 Is. xliv. 22, I have blotted out as a 
 thick Cloud thy Transgressions, and as a 
 Cloud thy Sins : Return unto me, for I 
 have redeemed thee. 
 
 E 
 
 Has,
 
 50 Promises of Pardon of Sin. 
 
 Hos. xi. 8. My Heart is turned within 
 me, my Repentings are kindled together. 
 
 Ver. 9. I will not execute the Fierceness 
 of mine Anger, I will not return to destroy 
 Ephraim. 
 
 Mic. vii. 18. Who is a God like unto 
 thee, that pardoneth Iniquity, and passeth 
 by the Transgression of the Remnant of 
 his Heritage? He retaineth not his Anger 
 for ever, because he delighteth in Mercy. 
 
 Ver. 19. He will turn again, he will 
 have Compassion upon us : He will subdue 
 our Iniquities : And thou wilt cast all our 
 Sins into the Depths of the Sea. 
 
 Heb. X. 17. Their Sins and Iniquities 
 will I remember no more. 
 
 Ps. xxxii. I. Blessed is he whose Trans- 
 gression is forgiven, whose Sin is covered. 
 
 Ver. 2. Blessed is the Man unto whom 
 the Lord imputeth not Iniquity, and in 
 whose Spirit there is no Guile. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 34. I will forgive thine In- 
 iquity, and I will remember their Sin no 
 more. 
 
 Heb. viii. 1 2. I will be merciful to their 
 Unrighteousness, and their Sins and their 
 Iniquities will I remember no more. 
 
 Matt, xii, 31. All Manner of Sin and 
 Blasphemy shall be forgiven unto Men. 
 
 Ver. 32. And whosoever speaketh a 
 Word against the Son of Man, it shall be 
 forgiven him. 
 
 Luke
 
 Promises of Pardon, &c. 51 
 
 Luke vii. 47. Her Sins, which are many 
 are forgiven, for she loved much. 
 
 Ver. 48. And he said unto her, thy 
 Sins are forgiven. 
 
 Ver. 50. Thy Faith hath saved thee : 
 Go in Peace. See Repentance, Part II. 
 Ch. I. Sect. II. 
 
 Is. i. 18. Though your 
 
 Of the most Sins be as Scarlet, they shall 
 
 heinous Sins, be as white as Snow; though 
 
 they be red like Crimson, 
 
 they shall be as Wool. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 3. He forgiveth 
 Of all Sins, all thine Iniquities : He heal- 
 eth all thy Diseases. 
 [er. xxxiii. 8. I will cleanse them from 
 all their Iniquity, whereby they have sinned 
 against me ; and I will pardon all their 
 Iniquities whereby they have sinned, and 
 whereby they have transgressed against 
 me. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiii. 16. None of his Sins that 
 he hath committed, shall be mentioned 
 unto him. 
 
 ^r Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou 
 
 ,, , /,. backslidincr Israel, saith the 
 
 backshdings. ^^^^ ^^^1 J ^jll ^^^ ^^^^^3^ 
 
 mine Anger to fall upon you. 
 
 Ver. 22. Return, ye backslidingChildren, 
 and I will heal your Backslidings. 
 
 Hos. xiv. 4. I will heal their Backslidings, 
 I will love them freely. 
 
 Is,
 
 52 Promises of Pardon, &€. 
 
 Is. liii. 5. He was wounded 
 Pardon thro for our Transgressions, he was 
 
 Chfist. bruised for our Iniquities : 
 The Chastisement of our 
 Peace was upon him, and with his Stripes 
 we are healed. 
 
 Ver. 6, All we like sheep have gone 
 astray, we have turned every one to his 
 own Way, and the Lord hath laid on him 
 the Iniquity of us all. 
 
 Zeck. xiii. i. In that Day there shall be 
 a Fountain opened to the House of David, 
 and to the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, for 
 Sin and for Uncleanness. 
 
 Matt. i. 21. He shall save his People 
 from their Sins. 
 
 Acts xiii. 38. Thro' this Man is preached 
 unto you the Forgiveness of Sins. 
 
 Eph. \. 7. In whom we have Redemp- 
 tion through his Blood, the Forgiveness of 
 Sins, according to the Riches of his Grace. 
 
 Gai. i. 4. Who gave himself for our Sins. 
 
 1 Tiui. i. 15. This is a faithful Saying, 
 and worthy of all Acceptation, that Jesus 
 Christ came into the World to save 
 Sinners. 
 
 I Cor. XV. 3. Christ died for our Sins, 
 according to the Scriptures. 
 
 Hed. \. 3. When he had by himself 
 purged our Sins. 
 
 Hed. ix. 26. He hath appeared to put 
 away Sin by the Sacrifice of himself 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises of Pardon, &€. 53 
 
 Ver. 28. Christ was once offered to bear 
 the Sins of many. 
 
 Heb. X. 14. By one Offering he hath 
 perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 
 Johi i. 29. The Lamb of God, which 
 taketh away the Sins of the World. 
 
 Matt. xxvi. 28. This is my Blood, which 
 is shed for many, for the Remission of 
 Sins. 
 
 I John i. 7. The Blood of Jesus Christ 
 cleanseth us from all Sin. 
 
 Ver. 9. If we confess our Sins, he is faith- 
 ful and just to forgive us our Sins, and to 
 cleanse us from all Unrio-hteousness. 
 
 I John ii. I. If any Man sin, we have 
 an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ 
 the Righteous. 
 
 Ver. 2. He is the Propitiation for our 
 Sins : And not for ours only, but for the 
 Sins of the whole World. 
 
 Ver. 1 2. I write to you, little Children, 
 because your Sins are forgiven you, for his 
 Name's sake. 
 
 I Johji iii. 5. He was manifested to 
 take away our Sins. 
 
 I Pet. ii. 24. Who his own self bare our 
 Sins in his own Body on the Tree, that we 
 being dead to Sin should live unto Right- 
 eousness : By whose Stripes ye were 
 healed. 
 
 Rev. i. 5. That loved us, and washed 
 us from our Sins in his own Blood. 
 
 Recon-
 
 54 Promises of Reconciliation. 
 
 Is. xxvii. 15. Let him 
 
 Reconciliation, take hold of my Strength, 
 
 that he may make Peace 
 
 with me, and he shall make Peace with me. 
 
 Rom. V. 9. Being now justified by his 
 Blood, we shall be saved from Wrath 
 through him. 
 
 Ver. 10. For if when we were Enemies 
 we were reconciled unto God, much more 
 being reconciled we shall be saved by his 
 Life. 
 
 2 Cor. V. 18. All things are of God, 
 who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus 
 Christ, and hath given to us the Ministry 
 of Reconciliation. 
 
 Ver. 19. To wit, that God was in Christ 
 reconciling the World to himself, not 
 imputing to them their Trespasses. 
 
 Eph. ii. 13. Now in Christ Jesus, ye 
 who sometimes were far off, are made nigh 
 by the Blood of Christ. 
 
 Ver. 14. For he is our Peace, who hath 
 made both one, and hath broken down the 
 middle Wall of Partition between us. 
 
 Ver. 1 5. Having abolished in his Flesh, 
 the Enmity, even the Law of Command- 
 ments, contained in Ordinances, for to make 
 in himself, of twain, one new Man, so 
 making Peace : 
 
 Ver. 16. And that he might reconcile 
 both unto God in one Body by the Cross, 
 having slain the Enmity thereby : 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises of Adoption. 55 
 
 Ver. 17. And came, and preached Peace 
 to you that were afar off, and to them that 
 were nigh. 
 
 Col. i. 21. You that were sometime 
 alienated, and Enemies in your Mind by 
 wicked Works, yet now hath he reconciled. 
 
 Ver. 22. In the Body of his Flesh, thro' 
 Death, to present you Holy and Unblame- 
 able, and Unreproveable in his Sight. 
 
 Ver. 23. If ye continue in the Faith, 
 grounded and settled, and be not moved 
 away from the Hope of the Gospel, which 
 ye have heard, and which was preached to 
 every Creature, which is under Heaven. 
 
 Heb. ii. 1 7. That he might be a merciful 
 and faithful High Priest, in Things per- 
 taining to God, to make Reconciliation for 
 the Sins of the People. 
 
 III. 
 
 Adoption. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 9. I am a Father to Israel, 
 and Ephraiin is my First-born. 
 
 Is. Ixiii. t6. Doubtless thou art our 
 Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, 
 and Israel acknowledge us not : Thou, O 
 "Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer ; thy 
 Name is from Everlasting. 
 
 Is. Ixiv. 8. But now, O Lord, thou art 
 our Father : We are the Clay, and thou 
 our Potter ; and we are all the Work of 
 thine Hand. 
 
 Rom,
 
 56 Promises of Adoption, 
 
 Rom. viii. 14. As many as are led by 
 the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of 
 God. 
 
 Ver. 1 5. For ye have not received the 
 Spirit of Bondage again to fear ; but ye 
 have received the Spirit of Adoption, 
 whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 
 
 Rom. ix. 26. And it shall come to pass, 
 that in the Place where it was said unto 
 them, Ye are not my People, there shall 
 they be called the Children of the Living 
 God. 
 
 2 Co7\ vi. 18. I will be a Father unto 
 you, and ye shall bemySonsand Daughters, 
 saith the Lord Almighty. 
 
 Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the Children of 
 God by Faith in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Gal. iv. 4. God sent forth his Son 
 
 Ver. 5. To redeem them that were 
 under the Law, that we might receive the 
 Adoption of Sons. 
 
 Ver. 7. Wherefore thou art no more a 
 Servant, but a Son ; and if a Son, then an 
 Heir of God through Christ. 
 
 Eph. \. 5. Having predestinated us to 
 the Adoption of Children by Jesus Christ 
 to himself, according to the good Pleasure 
 of his Will. 
 
 Ver. 6. To the Praise of the Glory of 
 his Grace, wherein he hath made us 
 accepted through the Beloved. 
 
 John
 
 Promises of Union, &c. 57 
 
 John \. 12. As many as received him, to 
 them gave he Power to become the Sons 
 of God, even to them that believe on his 
 Name. 
 
 I John iii. i. Behold what manner of 
 Love hath the Father bestowed upon us, 
 that we should be called the Sons of God ? 
 
 Ver. 2. Beloved, now are we the Sons 
 of God. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Union and Communion with the 
 Church. 
 
 Heb. xii, 22. Ye are come unto Mount 
 Sion, and unto the City of the living God, 
 the h&^N&nXy Je7msalem, and to an innumer- 
 able Company of Angels. 
 
 Ver. 23. To the general Assembly, and 
 Church of the First-born, which are written 
 in Heaven, and to God the Judge of all, 
 and to the Spirits of just Men made perfect. 
 
 Ver. 24. And to Jesus the Mediator of 
 the new Covenant, and to the Blood of 
 sprinkling, that speaketh better Things 
 than that of Abel. 
 
 Phil. iii. 3. For we are the Circumcision, 
 which worship God in the Spirit, and 
 rejoice in Jesus Christ. 
 
 Gal. iii. 28. There is neither Jew nor 
 Greek, there is neither Bond nor Free, 
 there is neither Male nor Female : For ye 
 are all one in Jesus Christ. 
 
 Ver.
 
 58 Promises of Union, &€. 
 
 Ver. 29. And if you be Christ's, then 
 are ye Abraham's Seed, and Heirs according 
 to the Promise. 
 
 Gal. iv, 26. Jerusalem, which is above, 
 is free, which is the Mother of us all. 
 
 Ver. 28. Now we, Brethren, as Isaac 
 was, are the Children of the Promise. 
 
 I John i. 3. That which we have seen 
 and heard, declare we unto you, that ye 
 also may have Fellowship with us : And 
 truly our Fellowship is with the Father, 
 and with his Son Jesus Christ. 
 
 Eph. ii. 1 2. That at that Time ye were 
 without Christ, being Aliens from the 
 Commonwealth of Israel, and Strangers 
 from the Covenants of Promise, having no 
 Hope, and without God in the World. 
 
 Ver. 13. But now in Christ Jesus, ye 
 who sometimes were far off, are made nigh 
 by the Blood of Christ. 
 
 Ver. 19. Now therefore ye are no 
 more Strangers and Foreigners, but Fellow 
 Citizens with the Saints, and of the House- 
 hold of God. 
 
 Ver. 22. In whom [Christ] you also are 
 builded together for an Habitation of God, 
 through the Spirit. 
 
 Rom. xi. 1 7. Thou being a wild Olive- 
 Tree, wert grafted in amongst them, and 
 with them partakest of the Root and 
 Fatness of the Olive-Tree. 
 
 V.
 
 Promises of Free-Access, &€. 59 
 
 V. 
 
 Free Access to God, with Acceptance. 
 
 Eph. ii. 18. Through him we both have 
 an Access by one Spirit unto the Father. 
 
 Eph. iii. 12. In whom we have Boldness 
 and Access with Confidence by the Faith 
 of him. 
 
 I Pet. ii. 4. To whom, coming as unto 
 a living Stone, disallowed indeed of Men, 
 but chosen of God, and precious. 
 
 Ver. 5. Ye also as lively Stones, are 
 built up a spiritual House, a holy Priesthood, 
 to offer up spiritual Sacrifices, acceptable 
 to God, by Jesus Christ. 
 
 Heb. X. 19. Having therefore. Brethren, 
 Boldness to enter into the holiest by the 
 Blood of Jesus. 
 
 Ver. 20. By a new and living Way, 
 which he hath consecrated for us, thro' the 
 Vail, that is to say his Flesh. 
 
 Eph. i. 6, Wherein he hath made us 
 accepted through the Beloved, 
 
 Ezek. XX. 40. In mine holy Mountain — 
 I will accept them, and there will I require 
 your Offerings. 
 
 Ver. 41. And I will accept you with 
 your sweet favour. 
 
 VI.
 
 6o Promises of Hearing Prayer. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Of Hearing Prayer. 
 
 /ob xxii. 27. Thou shalt make thy 
 Prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee. 
 
 Ps. iv. 3. But know that the Lord hath 
 set apart him that is godly for himself: 
 The Lord will hear, when I call unto him. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 6. This poor Man cried, and 
 the Lord heard him, and saved him out of 
 all his Trouble. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 15. The Eyes of the Lord 
 are upon the Righteous, and his Ears are 
 open unto their Cry. 
 
 Ver. 17. The Righteous cry, and the 
 Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of 
 all their Troubles. 
 
 Ps. 1. 15, Call upon me in the Day of 
 Trouble, I will deliver thee, and thou shalt 
 glorify me. 
 
 Ps. Ixv. 2. O thou that hearest Prayer, 
 unto thee shall all Flesh come. 
 
 Ps. xci. 15. He shall call upon me, and 
 I will answer him. 
 
 Ps. cxiv. 19. He will fulfil the Desire 
 of them that fear him : He also will hear 
 their Cry, and will save them. 
 
 Prov. XV. 29. The Lord is far from the 
 Wicked : But he heareth the Prayer of the 
 Righteous. 
 
 Is.
 
 Promises of Hearing Prayer. 6i 
 
 Is. XXX. 19. He will be very Gracious 
 unto thee, at the Voice of thy Cry : When 
 he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 
 
 Is. Iviii. 9. Then shalt thou call, and 
 the Lord shall answer : Thou shalt cry, 
 and he shall say, Here I am. 
 
 Is. Ixv. 24. And it shall come to pass, 
 that before they call, I will answer ; and 
 whilst they are yet speaking. I will hear. 
 
 Jer. xxix. 1 2. Then shall ye call upon 
 me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and 
 I will hearken unto you. 
 
 Zech. xiii, 9. They shall call on my 
 Name, and I will hear them : I will say. It 
 is my People : And they shall say, the Lord 
 is my God. 
 
 Matt. vii. 7. Ask, and it shall be given 
 you : Seek, and ye shall find : Knock, and 
 it shall be opened unto you. 
 
 Ver. 8. For every one that asketh, 
 receiveth : And he that seeketh, findeth : 
 And to him that knocketh, it shall be 
 opened. 
 
 Ver. 11. If ye then, being evil, know- 
 how to give good Gifts unto your Children, 
 how much more shall your Father which is 
 in Heaven give good Things to them that 
 ask him ? 
 
 Matt. xxi. 22. And all Things, whatso- 
 ever ye shall ask in Prayer, believing, ye 
 shall receive. 
 
 John
 
 62 Promises of Hearing Prayer. 
 
 John XV. 7. If ye abide in me, and my 
 Works abide in you, ye shall ask what ye 
 will, and it shall be done unto you. 
 
 John xvi. 23. And in that Day ye shall 
 ask me nothing : Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in 
 my Name, he will give it you. 
 
 Ver. 24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing 
 in my Name : Ask, and ye shall receive, 
 that your Joy may be full. 
 
 John xiv. 13. And whatsoever ye shall 
 ask in my Name, that will I do, that the 
 Father may be glorified in the Son. 
 
 Ver, 14. If ye shall ask any Thing in 
 mv Name, I will do it. 
 
 James v. 15. And the Prayer of Faith 
 shall save the Sick, and the Lord shall 
 raise him up : And if he have committed 
 Sins, they shall be forgiven him. 
 
 Ver. 16. Confess your Faults one to 
 another, and pray one for another, that ye 
 may be healed : The effectual fervent 
 Prayer of a righteous Man availeth much. 
 
 \ John iii. 22. And whatsover we ask, 
 we receive of him, because we keep his 
 Commandments, and do those Things that 
 are pleasing in his Sight. 
 
 I John V. 14. And this is the Confidence 
 that we have in him, that if we ask any 
 Thing according to his Will, he heareth 
 us. 
 
 ® Ver.
 
 Promises of Sanctifying Grace. 63 
 
 Ver. 1 5. And if we know that he hear 
 us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we 
 have the Petitions that we desired of 
 him. 
 
 Ver. 16. If any Man see his Brother 
 sin a Sin, which is not unto Death, he shall 
 ask, and he shall give him Life for them 
 that sin not unto Death. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Of Sanctifying Grace in Genera L ^ 
 
 Ps. Ixxxiv. 1 1. The Lord God is a Sun 
 and Shield : The Lord will give Grace and 
 Glory : No good Thing will he with-hold 
 from them that walk uprightly. 
 
 John xvii. 17. Sanctify them through 
 thy Truth : Thy Word is Truth. 
 
 Ver. 19. And for their Sakes I sanctify 
 myself, that they also might be sanctified 
 through the Truth. 
 
 Eph. ii. 10. We are his Workmanship, 
 created in Christ Jesus unto good Works, 
 which God hath before ordained, that we 
 should walk in them. 
 
 Phil. ii. 1 3. For it is God which worketh 
 in you both to will and to do, of his good 
 Pleasure. 
 
 Phil. iv. 1 3. I can do all Things through 
 Christ, which strengthneth me. 
 
 2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient 
 of ourselves, to think any Thing as of our- 
 selves ; but our Sufficiency is of God. 
 
 2 Thess.
 
 64 Promises of Sanctifying Grace. 
 
 2 Thess. ii. 13. We are bound to give 
 Thanks always to God for you, Brethren, 
 beloved of the Lord, because God hath 
 from the beginning chosen you to Salvation, 
 through Sanctitication of the Spirit, and 
 Belief of the Truth. 
 
 Col. i. 12. Giving Thanks unto the 
 Father, which hath made us meet to be 
 Partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints 
 in Light. 
 
 Ver. 21. Yet now hath he reconciled, 
 in the Body of his Flesh through Death, 
 to present you Holy and Unblameable, 
 and Unreproveable in his Sight. 
 
 I Thess. V. 23. And the very God of 
 Peace sanctify you wholly. And I pray God 
 your whole Spirit, and Soul and Body, be 
 preserved blameless, unto the coming of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Tit. ii. 14. Who gave himself for us, 
 that he might redeem us from all Iniquity, 
 and purify unto himself a peculiar People, 
 zealous of good Works. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 33. This shall be the Covenant 
 that I will make with the House of Israel, 
 After those Days, saith the Lord, I will put 
 my Law in their inward Parts, and write it 
 in their Hearts ; and I will be their God, 
 and they shall be my People. 
 
 Jer. XXX. 9. They shall serve the Lord 
 their God, and David their King, whom I 
 will raise up unto them. 
 
 Luke
 
 Promises of Converting Grace. 65 
 
 Luke i. 74. That he would grant unto 
 us, that we being delivered out of the 
 Hands of our Enemies, might serve him 
 without Fear. 
 
 Ver. 75. In HoHnessand Righteousness 
 before him. all the Days of our Life. 
 
 T Cor. vi. II. And such were some of 
 you : But ye are washed, but ye are sancti- 
 fied, but ye are justified in the Name of 
 the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our 
 God. 
 
 2 Cor. iii. 18. But we all, with open 
 Face, beholding as in a Glass the Glory 
 of the Lord, are changed into the same 
 Image, from Glory to Glory, even as by 
 the Spirit of the Lord. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Particularly of Converting Grace. 
 
 Deut. XXX. 6. And the Lord thy God 
 will circumcise thine Heart, and the Heart 
 of thy Seed, to love the Lord thy CjOD 
 with all thine Heart, and with all thy Soul, 
 that thou mayst live. 
 
 Jer. xxiv. 7. And I will give them a 
 Heart to know me, that I am the LoRr\ 
 and they shall be my People, and I will be 
 their God : For they shall return unto me 
 with their whole Heart. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 18. Turn thou me, and I 
 shall be turned, for thou art the Lord my 
 God. 
 
 F Ps.
 
 66 Promises of Converting Grace. 
 
 ■Ps. ex. 3. Thy People shall be willing 
 in the Day of thy Power. 
 
 /(?r 1. 4. In those Days, and at that 
 Time, saith the Lord, the Children of 
 Israel shall come, they and the Children of 
 JiidaJi together, going and weeping : They 
 shall go, and seek the Lord their God. 
 
 Ver. 5. They shall ask the Way to Zion 
 with their I'" aces thitherward, saying. Come, 
 and let us join ourselves to the Lord, in 
 a perpetual Covenant, that shall not be 
 foro-otten. 
 
 Ezek. xi. 19. And I will give them one 
 Heart, and I will put a new Spirit within 
 you ; and 1 will take the stony Heart out 
 of their Flesh, and will give them an Heart 
 of Flesh. 
 
 Ver. 20. That they may walk in my 
 Statutes, and keep mine Ordinances, and 
 do them : And they shall be my People, 
 and I will be their God. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 26. x^ new Heart also will 
 I give you, and a new Spirit will I put 
 within you ; and I will take away the stony 
 Heart out of your Flesh, and I will give 
 you a Heart of Flesh. 
 
 2 Tim. ii. 4. Who hath saved us, and 
 called us with a holy Calling ; not according 
 to our Works, but according to his own 
 Purpose and Grace, which was given us in 
 Christ Jesus, before the World began. 
 
 Tit,
 
 Promises of the Grace of Repentance. ^'] 
 
 Tit. iii. 5. Not by Works of Right- 
 eousness which we havedone, but according- 
 to his Mercy he saved us, by the washing 
 of Regeneration, and renewing of the Holy 
 Ghost. 
 
 Ezek. XX. 43 And there 
 
 The Grace q/"shall ye remember your Ways, 
 
 Repentance, and all your Doings, wherein 
 
 ye have been defiled, and ye 
 
 shall loath yourselves in your own Sight, 
 
 for all the Evils that ye have committed. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 31. Then shall ye remember 
 your own evil Way, and your Doings that 
 were not good, and shall loath yourselves 
 in your own Sight, for your Iniquities, and 
 for your Abominations. 
 
 Matt. ix. 13. I am not come to call the 
 Righteous, but Sinners to Repentance. 
 
 Acts V. 31. Him hath God exalted 
 with his Right Hand, to be a Prince and 
 Saviour, for to give Repentance to Israel, 
 and Forgiveness of Sins. 
 
 Acts iii. 26. Unto you first, God having 
 raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless 
 you, in turning away every one of you from 
 his Iniquities. 
 
 Hos. ii. 6. Behold, I will hedge up thy 
 Way with Thorns, and make a Wall, that 
 she shall not find her Paths. 
 
 Ver. 7. And she shall follow after her 
 Lovers, but she shall not overtake them ; 
 and she shall seek them, but shall not find 
 
 them :
 
 68 Promises of Knowledge. 
 
 them : Then shall she say, I will go and 
 
 return to my first Husband, for then was 
 
 it better with me than now. 
 
 .r^j ^ Zech. xii. lo. They shall 
 
 1 iie Lrrace i , i ^u u 
 
 r T" -.7 look upon me whom they have 
 of raiih. ' \ ^ 
 
 ■^ pierced, 
 
 John vi. 45. It is written in the Prophets, 
 And they shall be all taught of God. 
 Every Man therefore that hath heard and 
 learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 
 
 Phil. i. 29. Unto you it is given to 
 believe in Christ. 
 
 Eph. ii. 8. For by Grace ye are saved, 
 through Faith, and that not of yourselves, 
 it is the Gift of God. 
 
 r r-/^r\ them one Heart, and one Way, 
 fear GOD. ,, . .u c c 
 
 ■^ that they may iear me tor 
 
 ever. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Knowledge, Wisdom, &c. 
 
 Prov. ii. 5. Then shalt thou 
 Knowledge, understand the Fear of the 
 Lord, and find the Knowledge 
 of God. 
 
 Ver. 9. Then shalt thou understand 
 Righteousness, and Judgment, and Equity ; 
 yea, every good Path. 
 
 Pi'ov. xxxviii. 5. Evil Men understand 
 not Judgment : But they that seek the 
 Lord, understand all Things. 
 
 Is.
 
 Promises of Knowledge. 69 
 
 Is. ii. 3. He will teach us of his Ways, 
 and we will walk in his Paths : For out of 
 Zion shall eo forth the Law, and the Word 
 of the Lord {roves. Jertisaleiu. 
 
 Is. xxix. 18. And in that Day shall the 
 Deaf hear the Words of the Book, and the 
 Eyes of the Blind shall see out of Obscurity, 
 and out of Darkness. 
 
 Ver. 24. They also that erred in Spirit 
 shall come to Understanding, and they that 
 murmured shall learn Doctrine, 
 
 Is. XXXV. 8. And an high Way shall be 
 there, and a Way, and it shall be called the 
 Way of Holiness : The Unclean shall not 
 pass over it, but it shall be for those : The 
 Way-faring Men, though Fools, shall not 
 err therein. 
 
 Is. Hi. 6. My People shall know my 
 Name : Therefore they shall know in that 
 Day, that I am he that speaketh 
 
 Is. xxxii. 3. And the Eyes of them 
 that see, shall not be dim ; and the Ears of 
 them that hear, shall hearken. 
 
 fer. xlii. 7. To open the blind Eyes, to 
 brinii out the Prisoners from the Prison, 
 and them that sit in Darkness out of the 
 Prison-house. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 34. And they shall teach no 
 more every Man his Neighbour, and every 
 Man his Brother, saying. Know the Lord : 
 For they shall all know me, from the least 
 
 \ of
 
 'jo Promises of Divine Knowledge. 
 
 of them unto the greatest of them, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 Hos. vi. 3. Then shall we know, if we 
 follow on to know the Lord. 
 
 Matt. xi. 25. I thank thee, O Father, 
 Lord of Heaven and Earth, because thou 
 hast hid these Thino-s from the wise and 
 prudent, and hast revealed them unto Babes. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 6. God who commanded the 
 Light to shine out of Darkness, hath shined 
 in our Hearts, to give the Light of the 
 Knowledge of the Glory of God, in the 
 Face of Jesus Christ. 
 
 I John V. 20. And we know that the 
 Son of CxOD is come, and hath given us an 
 Understanding that we may know him that 
 is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. 
 
 Luke iv. 18. He hath sent me to preach 
 — Sight to the Blind. 
 
 Luke i. "J 'J. To give Knowledge of 
 Salvation unto his People, by the Remission 
 of their Sins. 
 
 Ver. 78. Through the tender Mercy of 
 our God ; whereby the Day-spring from 
 on high hath visited us. 
 
 Ver. 79. To give light to them that 
 sit in Darkness, and in the Shadow of Death, 
 to guide our Feet in the Way of Peace. 
 
 John viii. 12. Then spake Jesus again 
 unto them, saying, I am the Light of the 
 World : He that folio weth me, shall not walk 
 in Darkness, but shallhavethe Lightof Life. 
 
 I Cor.
 
 Promises of Divine Teaching. 71 
 
 1 Cor. ii, 14. The natural Man receiveth 
 not the Things of the Spirit of God, for 
 they are FooHshness unto him ; neither can 
 he know them, because they are spiritually 
 discerned. 
 
 Ver. 1 5. But he that is spiritual judgeth 
 all Things. 
 
 Prov. ii. 6. The Lord giveth 
 Wisdom. Wisdom : Out of his Mouth 
 cometh Knowledge, and Under- 
 standing. 
 
 Ver. 7. He layeth up sound Wisdom 
 for the Righteous. 
 
 Ps. xvi. 7. I will bless the Lord, who 
 hath given me Counsel : My Reins also 
 instruct me in the Night Season. 
 
 Ps. Ii. 6. Behold, thou desirest Truth in 
 the inward Parts : And in the hidden Part 
 thou shalt make me to know Wisdom. 
 
 James i. 5. If any of you lack Wisdom, 
 let him ask of God, that giveth to all Men 
 liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it shall 
 be given him. 
 
 Eccl. ii. 26. For ( 'iOD giveth to Man that 
 
 isgfood inhisSio-ht,Wisdomancl Knowledofe. 
 
 Ps. xxxii. 8. I will instruct 
 
 Divine thee, and teach thee in the W^ay 
 
 Teaching, which thou shalt go ; I will 
 
 guide thee with mine Eye. 
 
 Ps. XXV. 8. Good and Upright is the 
 
 Lord ; therefore will he teach Sinners in 
 
 the way. 
 
 Ver.
 
 72 Promises of Divine Guidance. 
 
 Ver. 1 2. What Man is he that feareth 
 the Lord ? Him shall he teach in the Way 
 that he shall choose. 
 
 John v'ii. 17. If any Man will do his 
 Will, he shall know of the Doctrine, 
 whether it be of God, or whether I speak 
 of myself. 
 
 Ps. xxiii. 3. He restoreth my 
 
 Divine Soul : He leadeth me in the 
 Guidance. Paths of Righteousness, for his 
 Name's sake. 
 
 Ps. Ixxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me 
 with thy Counsel. 
 
 Is. xlix. 10. He that hath Mercy on 
 them shall lead them ; even by the Springs 
 of Water shall he guide them. 
 
 Is. Ivii. II. And the Lord shall guide 
 thee continually. 
 
 Is. Ixi. 8. I will direct their W^ork in 
 Truth. 
 
 Dent, xxxii. 10. He led him about, he 
 instructed him, he kept him as the Apple 
 of his Eye. 
 
 Ver. II. As an Eagle stirreth up her 
 Nest, fluttereth over her young ones, 
 spreadeth abroad her Wings, taketh them, 
 beareth them on her Wings, so the Lord 
 alone did lead him. 
 
 Is. xxx. 21. Thine Ear shall hear a 
 Word behind thee, saying, This is the Way, 
 walk ye in it, when ye turn unto the Right 
 Hand, and when ye turn to the Left. 
 
 Ability
 
 Promises of the Means of Grace. )^ 
 
 ^j ... r Prov. X, 31. The Mouth 
 
 jt)^ J of the lust brin^eth forth 
 
 good Discourse. ^^J• a 
 
 Ver. 32. The Lips of the Righteous 
 know what is acceptable. 
 
 Is. xxxii. 4. The Heart of the Rash shall 
 understand Knowledge, and the Tongue 
 of the Stammerers shall be ready to speak 
 plainly. 
 
 Prov. xvi'. I. The Preparations of the 
 Heart in Man, and the Answer of the 
 Tongue, is from the Lord. 
 
 I Cor. xii. 8. To one is given by the 
 Spirit of the Word of Wisdom ; to another 
 the Word of Knowledge, by the same 
 Spirit. 
 
 Luke xxi. 1 5. I will give you a Mouth, 
 and Wisdom, which all your Adversaries 
 shall not be able to gainsay or resist. 
 
 X. 
 
 Of the Means of Grace. 
 
 Is. xxx. 20. And though the Lord give 
 you the Bread of Adversity, and the Water 
 of Affliction, yet shall not thy Teachers be 
 removed into a Corner any more, but thine 
 Eyes shall see thy Teachers. 
 
 Is. xlix. 9. They shall feed in the Ways, 
 and their Pastures shall be in all high Places. 
 
 Ver. 10. They shall not hunger nor 
 thirst, neither shall the Heat nor Sun 
 smite them, 
 
 Ps.
 
 74 Promises of the Means of Grace. 
 
 Ps. xxiii, 2. Hemaketh me to lie down 
 in green Pastures : He leadeth me beside 
 the still Waters. 
 
 Is. Hi. 7. How beautiful upon the 
 Mountains are the Feet of him that 
 bringeth good Tidings, that publisheth 
 Peace, that bringeth gfood Tidings of 
 Good, that publisheth Salvation, that 
 sayeth unto Zion, Thy God reigneth. 
 
 Ver. 8. Thy Watchmen shall lift up the 
 Voice, with the Voice together shall they 
 sing : For they shall see Eye to Eye, when 
 the Lord shall brino- ao-ain Zion. 
 
 Is. Ivi. 7. Them will I bring to my holy 
 Mountain, and make them joyful in my 
 House of Prayer : Their Burnt-offerings 
 and their Sacrifices shall be accepted upon 
 mine Altar ; for mine House shall be called 
 an House of Prayer for all. People. 
 
 Is. Ixii. 6. I have set Watchmen upon 
 thy Walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never 
 hold their Peace Day nor Night. 
 
 Is. xli. 18. I will open Rivers in high 
 Places, and Fountains in the midst of the 
 Valleys : I will make the Wilderness a 
 Pool of Water, and the dry Land Springs 
 of Water. 
 
 Jer. iii. 15. I will give you Pastors 
 according to mine Heart, which shall feed 
 you with Knowledge and Understanding. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 12. Their Souls shall be like 
 a watered Garden. 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises of a Blessing, &c. 75 
 
 Ver. 14. And I will satiate the Soul of 
 the Priest with Fatness, and my People 
 shall be satisfied with my Goodness, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 15. I will feed my Flock, 
 and I will cause them to lay down, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 Eph. iv. II. He gave some, Apostles; 
 and some, Prophets; and some, Evangelists; 
 and some. Pastors and Teachers. 
 
 Ver. 1 2. For the perfecting of the Saints, 
 for the Work of the Ministry, for the 
 edifying of the Body of Christ. 
 
 Ver. 13. Till we all come in the Unity 
 
 of the Faith, and of the Knowledge of the 
 
 Son of God, unto a perfect Man, unto 
 
 the Measure of the Stature of the Fulness 
 
 of Christ. 
 
 yi r)7 ■ . ■ Ps.xxxvi.S. They shall 
 A Blessinp; upon , u j 1 \- a ^ 
 
 .J /-, /• ^ be abundantly satisned 
 the (Jrainances. ^i ^1 t- . r .1 • 
 
 with the Jbatness 01 thme 
 
 House; And thou shalt make them to drink 
 
 of the River of thy Pleasures. 
 
 Ver. 10. For with thee is the Fountain 
 of Life : In thy Light shall we see Light. 
 
 Ps. Ixiii. 2. To see thy Power and thy 
 Glory, so as I have seen thee in the 
 Sanctuary. 
 
 Ver. 3. Because thy Loving-kindness is 
 better than Life: My Lips shall praise thee. 
 
 Ver. 4. Thus will I bless thee while I 
 live : I will lift up my Hands in thy Name. 
 
 Ver.
 
 "j^ Promises of a Blessing, &c. 
 
 Ver. 5. My Soul shall be satisfied as 
 with Marrow and Fatness : And my Mouth 
 shall praise thee with joyful Lips. 
 
 Ps. Ixv. 4. Blessed is the Man whom 
 thou choosest, and causest to approach unto 
 thee, that he may dwell in thy Courts : We 
 shall be satisfied with the Goodness of thine 
 House, even of thy holy Temple. 
 
 Ps. Ixviii. 24. They have seen thy 
 Goings, O God ; even the Goings of my 
 God, my King, in the Sanctuary. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxiv. 4. Blessed are they that 
 dwell in thy House : They will be still 
 praising thee. 
 
 Ver. 10. For a Day in thy Courts is 
 better than a thousand : I had rather be a 
 Door- Keeper in the House of my God, 
 than to dwell in the Tents of Wickedness. 
 
 Ver. II. For the Lord is a Sun and 
 Shield ; He will give Grace and Glory. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxix. 15. Blessed is the People 
 that know the joyful Sound : They shall 
 walk, O Lord, in the Light of thy Count- 
 enance. 
 
 Ver. 16. In thy Name shall they rejoice 
 all the Day : And in thy Righteousness 
 shall they be exalted. 
 
 Ps. xcii. 13. Those that be planted in 
 the House of the Lord, shall llourish in 
 the Courts of our God. 
 
 Cant. ii. 3. I sat under his Shadow 
 with great Delight, and his Fruit was sweet 
 unto my Taste. 
 
 Is.
 
 Promises of Grace to tnortify Sin. yy 
 
 Is. xii. 3. With Joy shall we draw Water 
 out of the Wells of Salvation. 
 
 Is. xlviii. 17. I am the Lord which 
 teacheth thee to profit. 
 
 Is. Ix. 7. They shall come with Accep- 
 tance upon mine Altar, and I will glorify 
 the House of my Glory. 
 
 Matt, xviii. 20. Where Two or Three 
 are gathered together in my Name, there 
 am I in the midst of them. 
 
 XI. 
 
 Of Grace against Sin aitd 
 Temptation. 
 
 ^r^ . Hos. XIV. S. Ephraim ^?iS\. 
 
 Of Grace to wru . u t . j 
 
 -^ ../- c^. say, What have 1 to do any 
 
 mortify Ciin. •' vi, tj 1 d 
 
 -^•^ more with Idols : 
 
 Rom. vi, 6. Knowing this, that our old 
 Man is crucified with him, that the Body of 
 Sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we 
 should not serve Sin. 
 
 Ver. 14. Sin shall not have Dominion 
 over you : For ye are not under the Law, 
 but under Grace. 
 
 Rom. vii. 24. O wretched Man that I 
 am, who shall deliver me from the Body of 
 this Death .^ 
 
 Ver. 25. I thank God, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. So then with the Mind 
 I myself serve the Law of God ; but with 
 the Flesh, the Law of Sin. 
 
 Rom.
 
 78 Promises of Grace to mortify Sin. 
 
 Rom. viii. 2. The Law of the Spirit of 
 Life in Christ Jesus has made me free from 
 the Law of Sin and Death. 
 
 Ver. 3. For what the Law could not 
 do, in that it was weak through the Flesh, 
 God sending- his own Son, in the likeness 
 of sinful Flesh, and for Sin, condemned 
 Sin in the Flesh. 
 
 Ver. 4. That the Righteousness of the 
 Law might be fullilled in us, who walk not 
 after the Flesh, but after the Spirit. 
 
 Gal. V. 16. Walk in the Spirit, and ye 
 shall not fulfil the Lusts of the Flesh. 
 
 John viii. 32. Ye shall know the Truth, 
 and the Truth shall make you free \i.e. from 
 Sin, ver. 34.] 
 
 John XV. 2. Every branch that beareth 
 
 Fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth 
 
 more Fruit. 
 
 ^ , Rom. y'm. -xj . In all these 
 
 Grace aminst r^y. ^' . 
 
 ^ J.2 2- 1 hmp^s we are more than 
 I emptation. ^ ^ ^1 u l- 
 
 ^ Conquerors, through him 
 
 that loved us. 
 
 1 Cor. X. 13. God is faithful, who will 
 not suffer you to be tempted above that ye 
 are able ; but will with the Temptation 
 also make a Way to escape, that ye may 
 be able to bear it. 
 
 2 Cor. xii. 9. My Grace is sufficient for 
 thee ; For my Strength is made perfect 
 in Weakness. 
 
 Heb.
 
 Promises of Grace, &c. 79 
 
 Heb. ii. 18. In that he himself has 
 suffered, being- Tempted, he is able to 
 succour them that are tempted, 
 
 2 Pet. ii. 9. The Lord knoweth how to 
 deliver the Godly out of Temptations. 
 
 I John iv. 4. Ye are of God, little 
 Children, and have overcome them : 
 Because greater is he that is in you, than 
 he that is in the World. 
 
 Eccl. vii. 18. He that feareth God shall 
 come forth of them all. 
 
 Prov. ii. 12. To 
 
 To preserve from the deliver thee from the 
 
 Inticement of Sinners. Way of the evil Man, 
 
 from the Man that 
 speaketh fro ward Things. 
 
 Ver. 16. To deliver me from the strange 
 Woman, even from the Stranger that 
 flattereth with her Words. 
 
 P2ccl. vii. 26. I find more bitter than 
 
 Death, the Woman whose Heart is Snares 
 
 and Nets, and her Hands as Bands : 
 
 Whoso pleaseth God, shall escape from her, 
 
 but the Sinner shall be taken by her. 
 
 j^. , lohn x\n. 2^. Be of o-ood 
 
 victory over ^/ t i <.\ 
 
 ^1 ITT 77 Cheer, 1 have overcome the 
 
 the World. ^y^_.,j 
 
 John xvii. 15. I pray not that thoa 
 shouldest take them out of the World, but 
 that thou shouldest keep them from the 
 Evil. 
 
 GaL
 
 8o Promises of Victory, cfc. 
 
 Gal. i. 4. Who gave himself for our 
 Sins, that he might deliver us from this 
 present evil World. 
 
 Gal. vi. 14. By whom [Christ] the World 
 is crucified unto me, and I unto the World. 
 
 I John V. 4, For whosoever is born of 
 God, overcometh the World : And this is 
 the Victory that overcometh the World, 
 even our Faith. 
 
 Ve7\ 5. Who is he that overcometh the 
 World, but he that believeth that Jesus is 
 the Son of God. 
 
 I John iv. 4. Ye are of God, little 
 Children, and have overcome them : 
 Because greater is he that is in you, than 
 he that is in the World. 
 
 Gen. iii. 15. I will put 
 Victory over Enmity between thee and 
 
 the Devil, the Woman, and between thy 
 Seed and her Seed : It shall 
 bruise thy Head, and thou shalt bruise his 
 Heel. 
 
 Luke xxii. 31. Simon, Simon, behold 
 Satan hath desired to ha\'e you, that he may 
 sift you as Wheat. 
 
 Ver. 32. But I have prayed for thee, 
 that thy Faith fail not. 
 
 Rom. xvi. 20. And the God of Peace 
 shall bruise Satan under your Feet shortly. 
 
 \ John ii. 14. I have written unto you, 
 young Men, because you are strong, and the 
 Word of God abideth in you, and ye have 
 overcome the wicked One. 
 
 I John
 
 Promises of Strength, &c. 8i 
 
 I John V. 1 8. We know that whosoever 
 is born of God sinneth not, but he that is 
 begotten of God keepeth himself, and that 
 wicked One toucheth him not. 
 
 fames iv. 7. Resist the Devil, and he 
 will flee from you. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Strength, Courage, mid Resolution. 
 
 Is. xii. 2. Behold God is my Salvation ; 
 I will trust, and not be afraid ; for the Lord 
 Jehovah is my Strength and my Song, he 
 also is become my Salvation. 
 
 Is. xl. 29. He giveth Power to the 
 Faint : And to them that hath no Might, 
 he increaseth Strength. 
 
 Ver. 30. Even the Youths shall faint 
 and be weary, and the young Men shall 
 utterly fall. 
 
 Ver. 31. But they that wait upon the 
 Lord shall renew their Strength : They 
 shall mount up with Wings as Eagles, they 
 shall run and not be weary, and they shall 
 walk and not faint. 
 
 Is. xlii. 3. A bruised Reed shall he not 
 break, and the smoking Flax shall he not 
 quench ; he shall bring forth Judgment 
 unto Truth. 
 
 Ps. xxix. II. The Lord will give 
 Strength unto his People, the Lord will 
 bless his People with Peace. 
 
 G Ps.
 
 82 Promises of Strength, &c. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 24. Be of good Courage, and 
 he shall strengthen your Heart, all ye that 
 hope in the Lord. 
 
 Ps. Ixviii. 35. O God, thou art terrible, 
 out of thy holy Places : The God of Israel 
 is he that giveth Strength and Power unto 
 his People. 
 
 Zech. xii. 8. In that Day the Lord shall 
 defend the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he 
 that is feeble among them at that Day, 
 shall be as David, and the House of David 
 shall be as God, as the Angel of the Lord 
 before them. 
 
 fob xi. 15. Thou shalt be stedfast, thou 
 shalt not fear. 
 
 Is. XXXV. 3. Strengthen ye the weak 
 Hands, and confirm the feeble Knees. 
 
 Ver. 4. Say to them that are of a 
 fearful Heart, be strong, fear not : Behold 
 your God will come with Vengeance, even 
 God with a Recompence, he will come and 
 save you. 
 
 Zech. X. 12. I will strengthen them in 
 the Lord, and they shall walk up and down 
 in his Name, saith the Lord. 
 
 2 Cor. xii. 9. My Grace is sufficient for 
 thee : For my Strength is made perfect in 
 Weakness. 
 
 Joel iii. 16. The Lord will be the Hope 
 of his People, and the Strength of the 
 Children of Israel. 
 
 2 Tim.
 
 Promises of Fruitfulness, &c. Z'}^ 
 
 2 Tim. i. 7. God hath not given us the 
 Spirit of Fear, but of Power, and of Love, 
 and of a sound Mind, 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Fruitfulness, and Increase of Grace. 
 
 Ps. i. 3. He shall be like 
 Fruitfulness. a Tree planted by the Rivers 
 of Water, that bringeth forth 
 his Fruit in his Season : His Leaf also 
 shall not wither, and whatsoever he doth 
 shall prosper. 
 
 fer. xxxi. 12. They shall come and sing 
 in the Height of Zion, and shall flow 
 together to the Goodness of the Lord, for 
 Wheat and for Wine, and for Oil, and for 
 the Young of the Flock, and of the Herd : 
 And their Soul shall be as a watered 
 Garden, and they shall not Sorrow any 
 more at all. 
 
 Hos. xiv. 5. I will be as the Dew unto 
 Israel: He shall grow as the Lily, and 
 cast forth his Roots as Lebanon. 
 
 Ver. 8. I am like a green Fir-tree : 
 From me is thy Fruit found. 
 
 John XV. I. Every Branch that beareth 
 Fruit, he purgeth it, that he may bring 
 forth more Fruit. 
 
 Ver. 5. He that abideth in me, and I in 
 him, the same bringeth forth much Fruit : 
 For without me ye can do nothing. 
 
 2 Pet.
 
 84 Promises of Increase of Grace. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 8. If these Things be in you, 
 and abound, they make you that ye shall 
 neither be barren, nor unfruitful, in the 
 Knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Ps. xcii. 14. They shall 
 In Old Age. still bring forth Fruit in Old 
 Age : They shall be fat and 
 flourishino-. 
 
 fob xvii. 9. The 
 Increase of Grace. Righteous also shall 
 
 hold on his Way, and 
 he that hath clean Hands shall be stronger 
 and stronger. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxiv. 7. They go from Strength 
 to Strength, every one of them in Zion 
 appeareth before God. 
 
 Ps. xcii. 12. The Riofhteous shall 
 flourish like the Palm-Tree: He shall grow 
 like a Cedar in lebanon. 
 
 Prov. iv. 18. The Path of the Just is 
 as the shining Light, that shineth more and 
 more unto the perfect Day. 
 
 Mai. iv. 2. But unto you that fear my 
 Name, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise 
 with healing on his Wings : And ye shall go 
 forth, and grow up, as Calves of the Stall. 
 
 Matt. xiii. 1 2. Whosoever hath, to him 
 shall be given, and he shall have more 
 abundance. 
 
 fain. iv. 6. But he giveth more Grace : 
 Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the Proud 
 but he giveth Grace unto the Humble. 
 
 The
 
 Promises of Grace to Persevere. 85 
 
 Is. xi. 6. The Wolf also 
 The Grace 0/ shall dwell with the Lamb, and 
 Meekness, the Leopard shall lie down 
 with the Kid ; and the Calf, 
 and the young Lion, and the Fatling to- 
 gether, and a little Child shall lead them. 
 
 F^r. 7. The Cow and the Bear shall 
 feed, and their young Ones shall lie down 
 together : And the Lion shall eat Straw 
 like the Ox. 
 
 Ver. 8. And the Sucking Child shall 
 play upon the Hole of the Asp, and the 
 weaned Child shall put his Hand on the 
 Cockatrice Den. 
 
 I'^er. 9. They shall not hurt nor destroy 
 in all my Holy Mountain : For the Earth 
 shall be full of the Knowledge of the 
 Lord, as the Waters cover the Sea. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Grace to Persevere. 
 
 yo/m X. 28. And I will give unto them 
 eternal Life, and they shall never perish, 
 neither shall any pluck them out of mv 
 Hand. 
 
 Ver. 29. My Father that gave them me 
 is greater than all, and no Man is able to 
 pluck them out of my Father's Hand. 
 
 /oAn xv'n. II. Holy Father, keep thro' 
 thine own Name those whom thou hast 
 given me, that they may be One, as we are 
 
 Ivom.
 
 86 Promises of Grace to Persevere. 
 
 Rom. viii. 38. I am persuaded, that 
 neither Death, nor Life, nor Angels, nor 
 Principalities, nor Powers, nor Things 
 present, nor Things to come, 
 
 Ver. 39. Nor Height, nor Depth, nor 
 any other Creature, shall be able to separate 
 us from the Love of God, which is in 
 Christ Jesus our Lord. 
 
 1 Cor. i. 8. Who shall also confirm you 
 unto the End, that ye may be blameless in 
 the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 21. He which stablisheth us 
 with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, 
 is God. 
 
 Phil. i. 6. Being confident of this very 
 Thing, that he which hath begun a good 
 Work in you, will perform it until the Day 
 of Jesus Christ. 
 
 1 Thes. V. 23. I pray God your whole 
 Spirit and Soul, and Body, be preserved 
 blameless unto the Coming of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 Ver. 24. Faithful is he that calleth you, 
 who also will do it. 
 
 2 Thes. iii. 3. The Lord is faithful, who 
 shall establish you, and keep you from 
 Evil. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 10. Wherefore the rather, 
 Brethren, give Diligence to make your 
 Calling and Election sure ; for if ye do 
 these Things, ye shall never fall. 
 
 I Pet.
 
 Promises of sanctified Afflictions. %"] 
 
 I Pet. i. 5. Who are kept by the Power 
 of God through Faith unto Sah^ation. 
 
 Prov. X. 25. The Righteous is an ever- 
 lasting Foundation. 
 
 Jude 24. Unto him that is able to keep 
 you from falling, and to present you fault- 
 less before the Presence of his Glory with 
 exceeding Joy. 
 
 I John V, 1 8. We know, that whosoever 
 is born of God, sinneth not ; but he that 
 is begotten of God keepeth himself, and 
 that wicked one toucheth him not. 
 
 Ps. cxxxviii. 8. The Lord will perfect 
 that which concerneth me : Thy Mercy, O 
 Lord, endureth for ever : Forsake not 
 the Works of thine own Hands. 
 
 Ps. xciv. 1 8. When I said, my Foot slip- 
 peth, thy Mercy, O Lord, held me up. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Sanctified Afflictions. 
 
 Dettt. viii. 5. As a Man chasteneth his 
 Son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 
 Job. xxxvi. 8. And if they be bound in 
 Fetters, and be holden in Cords of Afflic- 
 tion ; 
 
 Ver. 9. Then he sheweth them their 
 Work, and their Transgressions, that they 
 have exceeded. 
 
 Ver. 10. He openeth also their Ear to 
 Discipline, and commandeth, that they 
 return from Iniquity. 
 
 Job.
 
 88 Promises of sanctified Afflictions. 
 
 Job V. 17. Happy is the Man whom 
 God correcteth ; therefore despise not thou 
 the Chastening of the Almighty. 
 
 Ver. 18. For he maketh sore, and 
 bindeth up : He woundeth, and his Hands 
 make whole. 
 
 Ps. xciv. 1 2. Blessed is the Man whom 
 thou chasteneth, O Lord, and teachest him 
 out of thy Law. 
 
 Ver. 13. That thou mayst give him 
 Rest from the Days of Adversity, until the 
 Pit be digged for the Wicked. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 67. Before I was afflicted I 
 went astray : But now have I keptthy Word. 
 
 Ver. J I. It is good for me, that I have 
 been afflicted ; that I might learn thy 
 Statutes. 
 
 Ver. 75. I know, O Lord, that thy 
 Judgments are right, and that thou in 
 Faithfulness hast afflicted me. 
 
 Prov. iii. 12. Whom the Lord loveth, 
 he correcteth, even as a Father the Son in 
 whom he delighteth. 
 
 Is. i. 25. I will turn my Hand upon 
 thee, and purely purge away thy Dross, 
 and take away all thy Sin. 
 
 Is. xxvii. 9. By this therefore shall the 
 Iniquity oi Jacob be purged, and this is all 
 the Fruit to take away his Sin. 
 
 Is. xlviii. 10. Behold I have refined thee, 
 . but not with Silver ; I have chosen thee in 
 the Furnace of Affliction. 
 
 Has.
 
 Promises of sanctified Afflictions. 89 
 
 Hos, ii. 6, I will hedge up thy Way 
 with Thorns, and make a Wall, that she 
 shall not find her Paths. 
 
 Ver. 7. And she shall follow after her 
 Lovers, but she shall not overtake them : 
 And she shall seek them, but shall not 
 find them : Then shall she say, I will go 
 and return to my first Husband, for then 
 was it better with me than now. 
 
 Rom. V. 3. We glory in Tribulations 
 also, knowing that Tribulation worketh 
 Patience, and Patience Experience, and 
 Experience Hope. 
 
 1 Cor. xi. 32. When we are judged we 
 are chastened of the Lord, that we should 
 not be condemned with the World. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 16. For which Cause we faint 
 not ; but though our outward Man perish, 
 yet the inward Man is renewed Day by Day. 
 
 Ver. 1 7. For our light Affliction which 
 is but for a Moment, worketh for us a far 
 more exceeding and eternal Weight of 
 Glory. 
 
 Phil. i. 19. I know that this shall turn 
 to my Salvation, through your Prayer, and 
 the Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 
 
 Heb. xii. 6. Whom the Lord loveth he 
 chasteneth, and scourgeth every Son whom 
 he receiveth. 
 
 Ver. 7. If ye endure chastening, God 
 dealeth with you as with Sons : For what 
 Son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? 
 
 Ver.
 
 90 Promises of sanctified Afflictions. 
 
 Ver. lo. They verily, for a few Days 
 chastened us after their own Pleasure ; but 
 he for our Profit, that we might be Partakers 
 of his Holiness. 
 
 Ver. II. Now no Chastening for the 
 present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: 
 Nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the 
 peaceable Fruit of Righteousness, unto 
 them which are exercised thereby. 
 
 Rev. iii. 19. As many as I love, I 
 rebuke and chasten. 
 
 Jmnes i. 3. The trying of your Faith 
 worketh Patience. 
 
 Ver. 12. Blessed is the Man that en- 
 dureth Temptation : For when he is tried, 
 he shall receive the Crown of Life, which 
 the Lord hath promised to them that 
 love him. 
 
 I Pet. i. 7. That the Trial of your Faith 
 being much more precious than of Gold 
 that perisheth, though it be tried with Fire, 
 might be found unto Praise and Honour, 
 and Glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ. 
 
 Dan. xi. 35. Some of them of Under- 
 standing shall fall, to try them, and to purge, 
 and to make them white, even to the Time 
 of the End. 
 
 Dan. xii. 10. Many shall be purified, 
 and made white and tried. 
 
 Zech. xiii. 9. I will bring the third Part 
 through the Fire, and will refine them as 
 Silver is refined, and will try them as Gold 
 
 is
 
 Promises of Grace, &c. 91 
 
 is tried : They shall call on my Name, 
 and I will hear them : I will say, It is my 
 People ; and they shall say, The Lord is 
 my God. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Grace to the Children of Believers. 
 
 Gen. xvii. 7. I will establish my 
 Covenant between me and thee, and thy 
 Seed after thee, in their Generations, for 
 an everlasting Covenant, to be a God unto 
 thee, and to thy Seed after thee. 
 
 Ver. 9. Thou shalt keep my Covenant 
 therefore ; thou, and thy Seed after thee, 
 in their Generations. 
 
 Deut. XXX. 6. And the Lord thy God 
 will circumcise thine Heart, and the Heart 
 of thy Seed, to love the Lord thy God 
 with all thine Heart, and with all thy Soul, 
 that thou mayest live. 
 
 Is. xliv. 3. I will pour my Spirit upon 
 thy Seed, and my Blessing- upon thy 
 Offspring". 
 
 Ver. 4. And they shall spring up as 
 among the Grass, as Willows by the Water 
 Courses. 
 
 Ver. 5. One shall say, I am the Lord's : 
 And another shall call himself by the 
 Name of Jacob : And another shall sub- 
 scribe with his Hand unto the Lord, and 
 surname himself by the Name of Israel. 
 
 Is.
 
 92 Promises of an Interest in God. 
 
 Is. Hv. 1 8. All thy Children shall be 
 taught of the Lord, and great shall be the 
 Peace of thy Children. 
 
 Acts ii. 39. The Promise is unto you, 
 and to your Children. 
 
 Acts xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord 
 Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, 
 and thy House. 
 
 Mark X. 14. Suffer little Children to 
 come unto me, and forbid them not : for 
 of such is the Kingdom of God. 
 
 Ver. 16. And he took them up in his 
 Arms, put his Hands upon them, and 
 blessed them. 
 
 I Cor. vii. 14. Now are they \j'our 
 Childreii\ Holy. 
 
 XVH. 
 
 Promises of an Interest in God. 
 
 ^ /- 7 Gen. xvii. 7. I will establish 
 
 As our God. r- l / ^ 
 
 my Covenant — to be a God 
 
 unto thee. 
 
 Lev. xxvi. 12. And I will walk amonof 
 you, and will be your God, and ye shall be 
 my People. 
 
 Ps. xlviii. 14. This God is our God for 
 ever and ever ; he will be our Guide, even 
 unto Death. 
 
 Is. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am 
 with thee ; be not dismayed, for I am thy 
 God. 
 
 Ezek.
 
 Promises of an Interest in God. 93 
 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 24. I the Lord will be 
 their God, and my Servant Davids. Prince, 
 among them. 
 
 Ver. 31. Ye my Flock, the Flock of 
 my Pasture, are Men, and I am your God, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 2 Cor. vi. 16. I will be their God, and 
 they shall be my People. 
 
 Heb. viii. 10. I will be to them a God, 
 and they shall be to me a People. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 3. God himself shall be with 
 them, and be their God. 
 
 Heb. xi. 16. God is not ashamed to be 
 called their God, for he hath prepared for 
 them a City. 
 
 Is. liv. 5. For thy Maker is thine 
 Husband (the Lord of Hosts is his Name) 
 and thy Redeemer the Holy One oi Israel ; 
 the God of the whole Earth shall he be 
 called. 
 
 Jer. XXX. 22. Ye shall be my People, 
 and I will be your God. 
 
 Ps. xvi. 5. The Lord is the 
 Our Portion. Portion of mine Inheritance, 
 and of my Cup. 
 
 Ps. Ixxiii. 26. My Flesh and my Heart 
 faileth, but God is the Strength of my 
 Heart, and my Portion for ever. 
 
 Lavi. iii. 24. The Lord is my Portion, 
 saith my Soul, therefore will I hope in him. 
 
 Gen. XV. I. I am thy Shield, and thy 
 exceeding great Reward. 
 
 Is.
 
 94 Promises of his Presence, ^fb'c. 
 
 Is. xxvrii. 5. In that Day 
 
 Our Glory, shall the Lord of Hosts be for 
 
 a Crown of Glory, and for a 
 
 Diadem of Beauty unto the Residue of 
 
 his People. 
 
 r^r 1 • 7-> Exod. xxxiii. 14. My 
 
 Of Ins Presence -o u n vil 
 
 -^ •,, Presence shall g-o with 
 
 with Its. ^1 IT *?,i 
 
 thee, and 1 will give 
 
 thee Rest. 
 
 Ps. cxl, 13. The Upright shall dwell 
 in thy Presence. 
 
 Numb, xxiii. 21. The Lord his God is 
 with him, and the Shout of a King is 
 among them. 
 
 Is. xli. 10. Fear thou not, for I am 
 with thee. 
 
 John xiv. 23. If a Man love me, he 
 will keep my Words : And my Father will 
 love him, and we will come unto him, and 
 make our Abode with him. 
 
 Deut. xxxi. 8. The Lord, he it is that 
 doth go before thee, he will be with thee, 
 he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee. 
 
 2 Chron. xv. 2. The Lord is with you 
 while ye be with him ; and if ye seek him, 
 he will be found of you. 
 
 Joel \\. 27. And ye shall know that I 
 am in the midst of Israel, and that I am 
 the Lord your God, and none else : And 
 my People shall never be ashamed. 
 
 Ezek. xxxi v. 30. Thus shall they know 
 that I the Lord their God am with them. 
 
 DetU.
 
 Promises of his Love. 95 
 
 Deut. vii, 13. He will love 
 His Love, thee, and bless thee, and multi- 
 ply thee. 
 
 Ps. iv, 3. The Lord hath set apart him 
 that Is godly for himself. 
 
 Ps. xlii. 8. He shall command his 
 Loving-kindness in the Day-time. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 8. The Lord loveth the 
 Righteous. 
 
 Prov. XV. 9. He loveth him that follow- 
 eth after Righteousness. 
 
 Is. xliii. 4. Since thou wast precious in 
 my Sight, thou hast been honourable, and 
 I have loved thee. 
 
 Is. xlii. 5. As the Bridegroom rejoiceth 
 over the Bride, so shall thy God rejoice 
 over thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 3. I have loved thee with an 
 everlasting Love, therefore with Loving- 
 kindness have I drawn thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxii. 41. I will rejoice over them 
 to do them good, and I will plant them in 
 this Land, assuredly, with my whole Heart, 
 and with my whole Soul. 
 
 Hos. xiv. 4. I will heal their Back- 
 sliding, I will love them freely. 
 
 Zeph. iii. 1 7, The Lord thy God in the 
 midst of thee is mighty ; he will save, he 
 will rejoice over thee with Joy : He will 
 rest in his Love, he will joy over thee with 
 singing. 
 
 Is.
 
 96 Promises of his Mercy. 
 
 Is. Ixii. 4. Thou shalt be called Hep- 
 
 zibah for the Lord delighteth in thee. 
 
 John xvi. 27. For the Father himself 
 loveth you, because ye have loved me. 
 
 John xvii. 23. That the World may 
 know that thou hast sent me, and hast 
 loved them, as thou hast loved me. 
 
 Ver. 26. That the Love wherewith thou 
 hast loved me, may be in them, and I in 
 them. 
 
 Rom. ix. 25. I will call her beloved, 
 that was not beloved. 
 
 Eph. ii. 4. For his great Love where- 
 with he loved us. 
 
 2 Thes. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, and God. even our Father, which 
 hath loved us. 
 
 I John iv. 10. Herein is Love, not that 
 we loved him, but that he loved us. 
 
 Ver. 16. We have known and believed 
 the Love that God hath to us. God is Love, 
 and he that dwelleth in Love dwelleth in 
 God, and God in him. 
 
 Ver. 19. We love him because he first 
 loved us. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 4. Who crowneth thee with 
 Loving-kindness, and tender Mercies. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 13. Like as a 
 His Mercy. Father pitieth his Children, 
 so the Lord pitieth them 
 that fear him. 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises of his Mercy. 97 
 
 Ve7\ 17. The Mercy of the Lord is 
 from Everlasting to Everlasting, upon them 
 that fear him. 
 
 Dent. iv. 31. The Lord thy God is a 
 merciful God : He will not destroy thee. 
 
 Is. XXX. 18. Therefore will the Lord 
 wait, that he may be gracious unto you ; 
 and therefore will he be exalted, that he 
 may have Mercy upon you. 
 
 Is. xlviii. 9. For my Name's sake will 
 I defer mine Anger, and for my Praise 
 will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not 
 off. 
 
 Is. Ix. 10. In my Wrath I smote thee, 
 but in my Favour have I had Mercy on 
 thee. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 20. My Bowels are troubled for 
 him, and I will surely have Mercy upon him. 
 
 Has. ii. 23. I will sow her unto me in 
 the Earth ; And I will have Mercy upon 
 her that had not obtained Mercy. 
 
 Hos. xi. 8. How shall I give thee up, 
 Ephraim ? How shall I deliver thee, 
 Is7'ael? How shall I make thee as Admah? 
 How shall I set thee as Zeboim? Mine 
 .Heart is turned within me, my Repentings 
 are kindled together. 
 
 Ver. 9. I will not execute the Fierce- 
 ness of my Anger, I will not return to 
 destroy Ephraim. 
 
 Exod. xxxiii. 19. I will make all my 
 Goodness pass before thee, and I will pro- 
 
 H claim
 
 98 Promises of Help. 
 
 claim the Name of the Lord before thee, 
 and will be gracious to whom I will be 
 Gracious, and will shew Mercy on whom I 
 will shew Mercy. 
 
 Job xi. 6. God exacteth of thee less 
 than thine Iniquity deserveth. 
 
 Deut. xxxiii. 27. The eter- 
 
 His Help, nal God is thy Refuge, and 
 
 underneath are the everlasting 
 
 Arms : And he shall thrust out the Enemy 
 
 from before thee, and shall say, Destroy 
 
 them. 
 
 Ver. 29. Happy art thou, O Israel! Who 
 is like unto thee, O People saved by the 
 Lord, the Shield of thy Help, and who 
 is the Sword of thy Excellency ! And thine 
 Enemies shall be found Liars unto thee, and 
 thou shalt tread upon their high Places. 
 
 Ps. xlvi, 7. The God o{ Jacob is our 
 Refuge. Selak. 
 
 Ps. xl. 17. Thou art my Help and my 
 Deliverer, make no tarrying, O my God. 
 
 Is. xli. 10. I will strengthen thee, yea, 
 I will help thee ; yea, I will uphold thee 
 with the Right Hand of my Righteous- 
 ness. 
 
 Ver. 13. I the Lord thy God will hold 
 thy Right Hand, saying unto thee. Fear 
 not, I will help thee. 
 
 Ver. 14. Fear not, thou Worm Jacob, 
 and ye Men of Israel : I will help thee, saith 
 
 the
 
 Promises of his Care. 99 
 
 the Lord, and thy Redeemer, the Holy 
 One of Israel. 
 
 Hos. xiii. 9. O Israel, thou hast destroyed 
 thyself; but in me is thy Help. 
 
 Ro7n. viii. 31. If God be for us, who 
 can be against us ? 
 
 Heb. xiii. 6. We may boldly say, The 
 Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear 
 what Man can do unto me. 
 
 De^lt. xxxii. 11. As an Eagle 
 
 His Care, stirreth up her Nest, fluttereth 
 
 over her Young, spreadeth 
 
 abroad her Wings, taketh them, beareth 
 
 them on her Wings. 
 
 Ver. 12. So the Lord alone did lead 
 him, and there was no strange God with 
 him. 
 
 Ps. xxxiii. 18. The Eye of the Lord is 
 upon them that fear him : Upon them that 
 hope in his Mercy. 
 
 Is. xlvi. 3. Hearken unto me, O House 
 o{ Jacob, and all the Remnant of the House 
 of Israel, which are born by me from the 
 Belly, which are carried from the Womb. 
 
 Ver. 4. And even to your old Age I am 
 He, and even to hoary Hairs will I carry 
 you, I have made, and I will bear ; even 
 I will carry and deliver you. 
 
 Is. Ixiii. 9. In all their Affliction he was 
 afflicted, and the Angel of bis Presence 
 saved them : In his Love and in his Pity he 
 
 redeemed
 
 lOO Promises that God, &c. 
 
 redeemed them, and he bare them, and 
 carried them all the Days of old. 
 
 Zech. ii. 8. He that toucheth you, touch- 
 eth the Apple of his Eye. 
 
 I Pet. V. 7. Casting all your Care upon 
 him, for he careth for you. 
 
 Matt. X. 30. The very Hairs of your 
 Head are all numbered. 
 
 L^ike xxi. 18. There shall not an Hair 
 of your Head perish. 
 
 2 Sa/;L xxm. ^. He hath 
 
 //is Covenant- made with me an everlast- 
 
 ing with his ing Covenant, ordered in 
 
 People. all Things, and sure ; for 
 
 this is all my Salvation, and 
 
 all my Desire. 
 
 /s. Iv. 3. I will make an everlasting 
 Covenant with you, even the sure Mercies 
 of David. 
 
 //os. ii. 19. I will betroth thee unto me 
 for ever ; yea, I will betroth thee unto me 
 in Righteousness, and in Judgment, and in 
 Loving-kindness, and in Mercies. 
 
 Ve7\ 20. I will even betroth thee unto 
 
 me in Faithfulness, and thou shalt know 
 
 the Lord. 
 
 ^7 1 r- J -71 Lev. xxvi. II. I will 
 / hat God will . t- u 1 
 
 , r I set my 1 abernacle amono-st 
 
 not forsake ^ , c i if 11 
 
 ,-% you ; and my houl shall 
 
 not abhor you. 
 Ps. ix. TO. Thou, Lord, hast not for- 
 saken them that seek thee. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises that God, &c. ioi 
 
 Ps. xxvii. 1 8. The Lord forsaketh not 
 his Saints, they are preserved for ever. 
 
 Ps. xciv. 14. The Lord will not cast off 
 his People, neither will he forsake his 
 Inheritance. 
 
 Is. xli. 9. Thou art my Servant, I have 
 chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 
 
 Is. xlii. 16. These Things will I do unto 
 them, and not forsake them. 
 
 Is, xlix. 14. Zion saith, the Lord hath 
 forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten 
 me. 
 
 Ver. 1 5. Can a Woman forget her suck- 
 ing Child, that she should not have Com- 
 passion on the Son of her Womb ? Yea, 
 they may forget, but I will not forget thee. 
 
 Ver. 16. Behold I have graven thee 
 upon the Palms of my Hands, thy Walls 
 are continually before me. 
 
 Is. xliv. 21. O Israel, thou shalt not 
 be forgotten of me. 
 
 Is. liv. 9. As I have sworn that the 
 Waters of Noah should no more go over 
 the Earth, so have I sworn that I would 
 no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke 
 thee. 
 
 Ver. 10. For the Mountains shall depart, 
 and the Hills be removed, but my Kind- 
 ness shall not depart from thee, neither shall 
 the Covenant of my Peace be removed, 
 saith the Lord, that hath Mercy on thee. 
 
 fer.
 
 I02 Promises of CuRiiiT. 
 
 Jer. xxxii. 40. I will make an ever- 
 lasting Covenant with them, that I will not 
 turn away from them to do them good ; but 
 I will put my F'ear in their Hearts, that 
 they shall not depart from me. 
 
 Lain. iii. 31. The Lord will not cast off 
 for ever. 
 
 Ver. 32. But though he cause Grief, 
 yet will he have Compassion, according to 
 the Multitude of his Mercies. 
 
 Hcb. xiii. 5. I will never leave thee nor 
 forsake thee. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Promises of Christ. 
 
 Is. ix. 6. Unto us a Child is born, unto 
 us a Son is given, and the Government 
 shall be upon his Shoulder ; and his Name 
 shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the 
 Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the 
 Prince of Peace. 
 
 Is. xlii. 6. I, the Lord, have called thee 
 in Righteousness, and will hold thine Hand, 
 and will keep thee, and will give thee for a 
 Covenant of the People, for a Light of the 
 Gentiles. 
 
 Is. Iv. 4. Behold, I have given him for 
 a Witness to the People, a Leader and 
 Commander to the People. 
 
 Mai. iv. 2. But unto you that fear my 
 Name, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise 
 with healing in his Wings ; and ye shall 
 
 go
 
 Promises of Grace. 103 
 
 go forth, and grow up as Calves of the 
 Stall. 
 
 Johnm. 16. God so loved the World, 
 that he gave his only begotten Son, that 
 whosoever believed on him, should not 
 perish, but have everlasting Life. 
 
 John vi. ■T^']. All that the Father giveth 
 me, shall come to me : and him that cometh 
 to me, I will in no wise cast out. 
 
 Cant. ii. 16. My beloved is mine, and 
 I am his. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 23. I will set up one Shep- 
 herd over them, and he shall feed them, 
 even my Servant David \ he shall feed 
 them, and he shall be their Shepherd. 
 
 r^r ,7 ^ John i. 16. Of his Fulness 
 
 Of all Grace x n • a a 
 
 / r-7 ■ , have we all received, and 
 
 from Christ, r- c n 
 
 ■^ Grace tor Grace. 
 
 Ver. 17. For the Law was given by 
 Moses, but Grace and Truth came by Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 Is. xlv. 24. Surely, shall one say, in the 
 Lord have I Righteousness and Strength. 
 
 Eph. i. 23. The Fulness of him that 
 filleth all in all. 
 
 I Cor. i. 30. Of him are ye in Christ 
 Jesus, who of God is made unto us Wis- 
 dom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and 
 Redemption. 
 
 Acts V. 31. Him hath God exalted with 
 his Right Hand, to be a Prince and a 
 
 Saviour,
 
 104 Promises of Redemption, &c. 
 
 Saviour, for to give Repentance to Israel, 
 and Forgiveness of Sin. 
 
 I Pet. i. 1 8. Ye know 
 
 Of Redemption that ye were not redeemed 
 
 by Christ. with corruptible Things, 
 
 as Silver and Gold, from 
 
 your vain Conversation, received by 
 
 Tradition from your Fathers. 
 
 Ver. 19. But with the precious Blood 
 of Christ, as of a Lamb without Blemish 
 and without Spot. 
 
 Is. xlii. 7. To open the blind Eyes, and 
 to bring out the Prisoners from the Prison, 
 and them that sit in Darkness out of the 
 Prison House. 
 
 Is. xlix. 9. That thou mayst say to the 
 Prisoners, Go forth ; to them that are in 
 Darkness, shew yourselves. 
 
 Mark x. 45. The Son of Man came — 
 to give his Life a Ransom for many. 
 
 Bp/i. i. 7. \n whom we have Redemp- 
 tion through his Blood, the Forgiveness of 
 Sins, according to the Riches of his Grace. 
 
 Ga/. iii. i ^. Christ hath redeemed us 
 from the Curse of the Law, being made a 
 Curse for us. 
 
 Ga/. iv. 4. In the Fulness of Time God 
 sent forth his Son, made of a Woman, 
 made under the Law. 
 
 Ver. 5. To redeem them that were 
 under the Law, that we might receive the 
 Adoption of Sons. 
 
 Ned.
 
 Promises of V\{^fro7n him. 105 
 
 Heb. ix. 14. How much more shall the 
 Blood of Christ, who, through the eternal 
 Spirit offered himself without Spot to God, 
 purge your Conscience from dead Works, 
 to serve the living God ? 
 
 Ver. 15. And for this Cause he is the 
 Mediator of the New Testament, that by 
 means of Death, for the Redemption of the 
 Transgressions that were under the first 
 Testament, they which are called might 
 receive the Promise of eternal Inheritance. 
 
 Eph. v. 2. Walk in Love, as Christ also 
 hath loved us, and hath given himself for 
 us, an Offering and Sacrifice to God, for a 
 sweet smelling Savour. 
 
 1 Cor. V. 7. Christ our Passover is 
 sacrificed for us. 
 
 Rev. V. 9. Thou wast slain, and hast 
 
 redeemed us to God by thy Blood. 
 
 r r r /oku w.2\. As the Father 
 
 Jiin ' ra'iseth up the Dead, and 
 
 quickeneth them, even so 
 
 the Son quickeneth whom he will. 
 
 John vi. 57. He that eateth me, even 
 he shall live by me. 
 
 John xiv. 19. Because I live, ye shall 
 live also. 
 
 2 Cor. xiii. 4. Though he was crucified 
 through Weakness, yet he liveth by the 
 Power of God : For we also are weak in 
 him, but we shall live with him by the 
 Power of God toward you. 
 
 Gal.
 
 io6 Promises of Life from him. 
 
 Gal. ii. 20. I am crucified with Christ, 
 nevertheless I live ; yet not I, but Christ 
 liveth in me : And the Life which I now 
 live in the Flesh, I live by the Faith of the 
 Son of God, who loved me, and gave 
 himself for me. 
 
 Eph. ii. I. You hath he quickened, who 
 were dead in Trespasses and Sins. 
 
 Ver. 5. Even when we were dead in Sins, 
 he hath quickened us together with Christ 
 (by Grace ye are saved). 
 
 Ver. 6. And hath raised us together, 
 and made us sit together in heavenly Places 
 in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Rom. vi. 8. If we be dead with Christ, we 
 believe that we shall also live with him. 
 
 Ver. II. Reckon ye yourselves to be 
 dead indeed unto Sin, but alive unto God, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 Col. iii. 3. For ye are dead, and your 
 Life is hid with Christ in God. 
 
 Ver. 4. When Christ who is our Life 
 shall appear, then shall ye also appear with 
 him in Glory. 
 
 1 John V. 12. He that hath the Son, 
 hath Life. 
 
 John X. 10. I am come that they might 
 have Life, and that they might have it 
 more abundantly. 
 
 2 Tim. i. I. The Promise of Life, 
 which is in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Is,
 
 Promises of his Intercession. 107 
 
 Is. Hii. 12. He made 
 His Intercession. Intercession for the 
 
 Transgressors. 
 
 Rom. viii. 34. It is Christ — who maketh 
 Intercession for us. 
 
 Heb. vii. 25. Wherefore he is able also 
 to save them to the uttermost, that come 
 unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to 
 make Intercession for them. 
 
 Heb. ix. 24. Christ is not entered into 
 the holy Place made with Hands, which are 
 the Figures of the true ; but into Heaven 
 itself, now to appear in the Presence of 
 God for us. 
 
 Heb. iv. 14. Seeing then that we have 
 a great High Priest, that is passed into the 
 Heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us 
 hold fast our Profession. 
 
 Ver. 1 5. For we have not an High Priest 
 which cannot be touched with the feeling 
 of our Infirmities, but was in all Points 
 tempted like as we are, yet without Sin. 
 
 Ver. 16. Let us therefore go boldly 
 unto the Throne of Grace, that we may 
 obtain Mercy, and find Grace to help in 
 Time of need. 
 
 John XV. 9. As the Father 
 
 His Love, hath loved me, so have I loved 
 
 you : Continue ye in my Love. 
 
 Johi xiii. I. Having loved his own 
 
 which were in the World, he loved them 
 
 unto the end. 
 
 Ver.
 
 io8 Promises of his Love, &c. 
 
 Ver. 34. A new Commandment I give 
 unto you, that ye love one another, as I have 
 loved you, that ye also love one another. 
 
 Rom. viii. t^^. In all these Things we 
 are more than Conquerors, through him 
 that loved us. 
 
 Rev. i. 5. Unto him that loved us, and 
 washed us from our Sins in his own Blood. 
 
 Rev. iii. 9. I will make them — to know 
 that I have loved thee. 
 
 Ps. xlv. II. So shall the King greatly 
 desire thy Beauty. 
 
 Cant. ii. 4. His Banner over me was 
 Love. 
 
 Ver. 6. His Left Hand is under my 
 Head, and his Right Hand doth embrace me. 
 
 Cant. iv. 9. Thou hast ravished my 
 Heart, my Sister, my Spouse. 
 
 Cant. vii. 10. I am my Beloved's, and 
 his Desire is towards me. 
 
 EpJi. V. 2. Christ also hath loved us, 
 and hath given himself for us. 
 
 Is. xl. II. He shall feed 
 
 His Care of his Flock like a Shepherd : 
 
 his Chitrch. He shall gather the Lambs 
 
 v/ith his Arm, and carry them 
 
 in his Bosom ; and shall gently lead those 
 
 that are with young. 
 
 Is.yXn. 2. A bruised Reed shall he not 
 break, and the smoking Flax shall he not 
 quench : He shall bring forth Judgment 
 unto Truth. 
 
 Eph.
 
 Promises of the Spirit. 109 
 
 Eph. V. 25. Christ also loved the Church, 
 and gave himself for it. 
 
 Ver. 26. That he might sanctify and 
 cleanse it with the washing of Water by 
 the Word. 
 
 Ver. 27. That he might present it to 
 himself a glorious Church, not having Spot 
 or Wrinkle, or any such Thing. 
 
 Ver. 29. For no Man ever yet hated his 
 own Flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth 
 it, even as the Lord the Church. 
 
 Rev. ii. I. Who walketh in the midst of 
 the seven golden Candlesticks. 
 
 rr- r> fokftxiv. 1 8. I will UOt 
 
 His Presence -^ -' r ^\ t 
 
 . . , , . r> i^i leave you comfortless ; 1 
 
 imth kis People. .,i •' 
 
 ^ will come to you. 
 
 Ver. 2 1. I will love him, and will mani- 
 fest myself to him. 
 
 I John i. 3. And truly our Fellowship 
 is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 Rev. iii. 20. Behold I stand at the Door 
 and knock : If any Man hear my Voice, 
 and open the Door. I will come in to him, 
 and will sup with him, and he with me. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Promises of the Spirit. 
 
 Prov. i. 23. Behold I will pour out my 
 Spirit unto you, and I will make known 
 my Words unto you. 
 
 Is.
 
 no Promises of the Spirit, 
 
 Is. xxxii. 15. Until the Spirit be poured 
 upon us from on high, and the Wilderness 
 be a fruitful Field. 
 
 Is. lix. 21. This is my Covenant with 
 them, saith the Lord, My Spirit that is 
 upon thee, and my Words which I have 
 put in thy Mouth, shall not depart out of 
 thy Mouth, nor out of the Mouth of thy 
 Seed, nor out of the Mouth of thy Seed's 
 Seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and 
 for ever. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 27. And I will put my 
 Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in 
 my Statutes, and ye shall keep my Judg- 
 ments, and do them. 
 
 Ltcke xA. 13. If ye then, being evil, know 
 how to give good Gifts unto your Children, 
 how much more shall your heavenly Father 
 give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? 
 
 John iv. 10. Jesus answered and said 
 unto her, if thou knewest the Gift of God, 
 and who it is that saith to thee. Give me to 
 drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and 
 he would have given thee living W^ater. 
 
 Ver. 14. Whosoever drinketh of the 
 Water that I shall give him, shall never 
 thirst ; but the Water that I shall give him, 
 shall be in him a Well of Water springing 
 up into everlasting Life. 
 
 John vii. t,'^. He that believeth on me, 
 as the Scripture hath said, out of his Belly 
 shall flow Rivers of living Water. 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises of his Teaching. 1 1 1 
 
 Ver. 39. But this spake he of the Spirit, 
 which they that beHeve on him should 
 receive. 
 
 John xiv. 16. I will pray the Father 
 and he shall give you another Comforter, 
 that he may abide with you for ever. 
 
 Ver. 17. Even the Spirit of Truth, 
 whom the World cannot receive, because 
 it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : 
 But ye know him, for he dwelleth with 
 you, and shall be in you. 
 
 Gal. iii. 14. That we might receive the 
 Promise of the Spirit through Faith. 
 
 2 Tim. \. 14. The Holy Ghost which 
 dwelleth in us, 
 
 I Cor. ii. 12. Now we have received not 
 
 the Spirit of the World, but the Spirit which 
 
 is of God, that we might know the Things 
 
 that are freely given to us of God. 
 
 ^^. ^ , . Ltike xii. 12. The Holy 
 
 His Teaching. ^^^^^^ ^^^jj ^^^^j^ ^^^^ j^ 
 
 the same Hour, what you ought to say. 
 
 I Cor. ii. 10. God hath revealed them 
 to us by his Spirit, for the Spirit searcheth 
 all Things, yea, the deep Things of God. 
 
 John xvi. 13. When he, the Spirit of 
 Truth is come, he will guide you into all 
 Truth. 
 
 I John ii. 27. But the anointing which 
 you have received of him, abideth in you : 
 And ye need not that any Man teach you : 
 But as the same anointing teacheth you of all 
 
 Things
 
 1 1 2 Promises to seal our Redemption. 
 
 Things, and is Truth, and is no Lie, and even 
 
 as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 
 
 rr- TT J, ■ Zech. xii. lo. I will pour 
 
 Jriis Melp in ^u u c r^ j 
 
 p ^ upon the House oi Uavid, 
 
 •^ ' and upon the Inhabitants of 
 Jerusalem, the Spirit of Grace, and of 
 Supplications. 
 
 Rom. viii. 1 5. Ye have received the Spirit 
 of Adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 
 Ver. 26. The Spirit helpeth our Infir- 
 mities, for we know not what we should 
 pray for as we ought ; but the Spirit itself 
 maketh Intercession for us, with Groanings 
 which cannot be uttered. 
 
 Ver. 27. And he that searcheth the 
 Heart, knoweth what is the Mind of the 
 Spirit, because he maketh Intercession for 
 the Saints, according to the Will of God. 
 
 Gal. iv. 6. And because ye are Sons, 
 God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son 
 into your Hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 
 
 Ps. X. 17. Lord, thou hast heard the 
 Desire of the Humble, thou wilt prepare 
 their Heart, thou wilt cause thine Eartohear. 
 
 Rom. viii. 16. The Spirit 
 To witness otir beareth witness with our 
 Adoption. Spirit, that we are the 
 Children of God. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 22. Who hath 
 To seal our also sealed us, and given 
 Redemption, the Earnest of the Spirit 
 in our Hearts. 
 
 2 Cor.
 
 Promises of the Joys, &c. 113 
 
 2 Cor. V. 5. Now he that hath wrought 
 us for the self same Thing is God, who also 
 hath given us the Earnest of the Spirit. 
 
 Eph. i. 13. After that ye believed, ye 
 were sealed with the holy Spirit of Promise. 
 
 Ver. 14. Which is the Earnest of our 
 Inheritance, until the Redemption of the 
 purchased Possession, unto the Praise of 
 his Glory. 
 
 Eph. iv. 30. Grieve not the holy Spirit 
 of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the 
 Day of Redemption. 
 
 Rom. v. 5. And Hope maketh not 
 ashamed, because the Love of God is shed 
 abroad in our Hearts by the Holy Ghost, 
 which is given unto us. 
 
 John xiv. 16. He shall give 
 To be our you another Comforter, that 
 Comforter, he may abide with you for 
 ever. 
 
 Ver. 18. I will not leave you comfort- 
 less, I will come to you, 
 
 Acts'x^. ^1. Then had the Churches 
 Rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and 
 Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in 
 the Fear of the Lord, and in the Comfort 
 of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 
 
 Rom. xiv. 17. The King- 
 
 Of the foys dom of God is not Meat and 
 
 of the Holy Drink, but Righteousness and 
 
 Ghost. Peace, and Joy in the Holy 
 
 Ghost. 
 
 I XX. Of
 
 114 Promises of being Kings, &c. 
 
 XX. 
 
 Of the Ministry of Angels. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 7. The Angel of the Lord 
 encampeth round about them that fear him, 
 and delivereth them. 
 
 Ps. xci. II. He shall give his Angels 
 charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy 
 Ways. 
 
 Ver. 1 2. They shall bear thee up in 
 their Hands, lest thou dash thy Foot against 
 a Stone. 
 
 Matt, xviii. 10. Take heed that ye 
 despise not one of these little Ones, for I 
 say unto you, that in Heaven their Angels 
 do always behold the Face of my Father, 
 which is in Heaven. 
 
 Heb. i. 14. Are they not all ministering 
 Spirits, sent forth to minister for them who 
 shall be Heirs of Salvation ? 
 
 XXI. 
 
 That we shall be Kings and Priests 
 unto GOD. 
 
 Exod. xix. 6. Ye shall be unto me a 
 Kingdom of Priests, and an holy Nation. 
 
 I Pet. ii. 9. Ye are a chosen Generation, 
 a royal Priesthood, an holy Nation, a 
 peculiar People, that ye should shew forth 
 the Praises of him who hath called you out 
 of Darkness into his marvellous Liofht. 
 
 Rev.
 
 Promises of Peace of Conscience. 1 1 5 
 
 Rev. i. 6. And hath made us Kings and 
 Priests unto God and his Father. 
 
 Rev. V. 10. And hath made us unto our 
 God Kings and Priests, and we shall reign 
 on the Earth. 
 
 XXII. 
 
 Peace of Conscience, Comfort and 
 Hope, 
 
 Is. xxxii. 17. The Work of 
 Peace of Righteousness shall be Peace, 
 Conscience, and the Effect of Righteous- 
 ness, Quietness, and Assurance 
 for ever. 
 
 Is. Ivii. 19. I create the Fruit of the 
 Lips ; Peace, Peace to him that is far off, 
 and to him that is near, saith the Lord. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxv. 8. He will speak Peace to 
 his People, and to his Saints. 
 
 Ltike vii. 50. Thy Faith hath saved 
 thee, go in Peace. 
 
 John xiv. 27. Peace I leave with you, 
 my Peace I give unto you : Not as the 
 World giveth, give I unto you. 
 
 Phil. iv. 7. The Peace of God which pas- 
 seth all Understanding, shall keep your 
 Hearts and Minds through Christ Jesus. 
 
 Col. iii. 15. Let the Peace of God rule 
 in your Hearts, to the which also ye are 
 called in one Body. 
 
 2 Thes. iii. 16. Now the Lord of Peace 
 himself give you Peace always, by all means. 
 
 Ps.
 
 1 1 6 Promises of Comfort. 
 
 Ps. XXV. 13. His Soul shall dwell at ease. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 3. He healeth the broken in 
 Heart, and bindeth up their Wounds. 
 
 f^ r . Prov. xiv. 14. A good Man 
 •^ * shall be satisfied .from himself. 
 
 Is. xii. I. And in that Day thou shalt 
 say, O Lord, I will praise thee : Though 
 thou wast angry with me, thine Anger is 
 turned away, and thou comfortedst me. 
 
 Is. xlix. 13. God hath comforted his 
 People, and will have Mercy upon his 
 Afflicted. 
 
 Is. li. 12. I, even I, am he that comfort- 
 eth you. 
 
 Is. liv. 7. For a small Moment have I 
 forsaken thee : but with great Mercies will 
 I gather thee. 
 
 Ver. 8. In a little Wrath I hid my Face 
 from thee for a Moment ; but with ever- 
 lasting Kindness will I have Mercy on thee, 
 saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 
 
 Is. Ivii. 18. I have seen his Ways, and 
 will heal him : I will lead him also, and 
 restore Comforts unto him, and to his 
 Mourners. 
 
 Is. Ixi. I. He hath sent me to bind up 
 the broken hearted ; 
 
 Ver. 2. To proclaim the acceptable Year 
 of the Lord, and the Day of Vengeance of 
 our God ; To comfort all that mourn ; 
 
 Ver. 3. To appoint unto them that mourn 
 in Sion, to give them Beauty for Ashes, the 
 
 Oil
 
 Promises of Comfort. 1 1 7 
 
 Oil of Joy for Mourning, the Garment of 
 Praise for the Spirit of Heaviness, that they 
 might be called Trees of Righteousness, 
 the planting of the Lord, that he might 
 be glorified. 
 
 Is. Ixvi. 1 1. That ye may suck, and be 
 satisfied with the Breasts of her Consola- 
 tion, that ye may milk out, and be delighted 
 with the Abundance of her Glory. 
 
 Ver. 13. As one whom his Mother 
 comforteth, so will I comfort you : And 
 ye shall be comforted m Jerusa/em. 
 
 Jer. vi. 16. Stand ye in the Ways, and 
 see, and ask for the old Paths. Where is 
 the good Way ? And walk therein ; and 
 ye shall find Rest for your Souls. 
 
 John xiv. 18. I will not leave you corn- 
 fortless : I will come to you. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 3. Blessed be God, even the 
 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father 
 of Mercies, and the God of all Comfort : 
 
 Ver. 4. Who comforteth us in all our 
 Tribulation, that we may be able to com- 
 fort them that are in any Trouble, by the 
 Comfort wherewith we ourselves are com- 
 forted of God. 
 
 2 Cor. vii. 6. God, that comforteth those 
 that are cast down, comforted us by the 
 coming of Titus. 
 
 2 Hies. ii. 16. Now our Lord Jesus 
 Christ himself, and God, even our Father, 
 which had loved us, and hath given us 
 
 ever-
 
 1 1 B Promises of Delight in God. 
 
 everlasting Consolation, and good Hope 
 through Grace. 
 
 Heb. vi. 1 8. That by two immutable 
 Things, in which it was impossible for God 
 to lie, we might have a strong Consolation, 
 who have fled for Refuge to lay Hold upon 
 the Hope set before us. 
 
 Ver. 19. Which Hope we have as an 
 Anchor of the Soul, both sure and stedfast, 
 and which entereth into that within the 
 Veil. 
 
 Ps. xciv. 19. In the Multitude of my 
 Thoughts within me, thy Comforts delight 
 my Soul. 
 
 XXHI. 
 
 Delight and Joy in GOD. 
 
 Neh. viii. 10. The Joy of the Lord is 
 your Strength. 
 
 Job xxii. 26. Then shalt thou have thy 
 Delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up 
 thy Face unto God. 
 
 Ps. iv. 7. Thou hast put Gladness in 
 my Heart, more than in the Time that their 
 Corn and their Wine increased. 
 
 Ps. Ixiii. 5. My Soul shall be satisfied 
 as with Marrow and Fatness, and my 
 Mouth shall praise thee with joyful Lips. 
 
 Ps. Ixiv. 10. The Righteous shall be 
 glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him : 
 And all the Upright shall glory. 
 
 Ps,
 
 Promises of Delight in God, 119 
 
 Ps. Ixviii. 3. Let the Righteous be glad : 
 Let them rejoice before God ; yea, let 
 them exceedingly rejoice. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxix. 1 5. Blessed is the People that 
 know the joyful Sound : They shall walk, 
 O Lord, in the Light of thy Countenance. 
 
 Ver. 16. In thy Name shall they rejoice 
 all the Day, and in thy Righteousness shall 
 they be exalted. 
 
 Ps. xcvii. II. Light is sown for the 
 Righteous, and Gladness for the Upright 
 in Heart. 
 
 Ps. cxviii. 15. The Voice of Rejoicing 
 and Salvation is in the Tabernacles of the 
 Righteous. 
 
 Ps. cxxvi. 5. They that sow in Tears 
 shall reap in Joy. 
 
 Ver. 6. He that goeth forth and weepeth, 
 bearing precious Seed, shall, doubtless, come 
 again with rejoicing, bringing his Sheaves 
 with him. 
 
 Ps. xxxiii. 21. Our Heart shall rejoice in 
 him, because we have trusted in his holy 
 Name. 
 
 Cant. i. 4. We will be glad and rejoice 
 in thee ; we will remember thy Love more 
 than Wine. 
 
 Is. ix. 3. They joy before thee according 
 to the Joy in Harvest, and as Men rejoice 
 when they divide the Spoil. 
 
 Is. xli. 16. Thou shalt rejoice in the 
 Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of 
 Israel. Is.
 
 120 Promises of Delight in God. 
 
 Is. Iv. 12, Ye shall go out with Joy, 
 and be led forth with Peace. 
 
 Is. Ixi. 7. For Confusion they shall 
 rejoice in their Portion : Therefore in their 
 Land they shall possess the double ; ever- 
 lasting Joy shall be unto them. 
 
 Ver. 10. I will greatly rejoice in the 
 Lord ; my Soul shall be joyful in my 
 God. 
 
 Is. Ixv. 14. Behold my Servants shall 
 sing for Joy of Heart. 
 
 Is. li. II. The Redeemed of the Lord 
 shall return, and come with singing unto 
 Zion, and everlasting Joy shall be upon 
 their Head : They shall obtain Gladness 
 and Joy, and Sorrow and Mourning shall 
 flee away. 
 
 Hab. iii. 18. I will rejoice in the Lord ; 
 I will joy in the God of my Salvation. 
 
 fokn XV. I [. These Things have I spoken 
 unto you, that my Joy might remain in 
 you, and that your Joy might be full. 
 
 John xvi. 22. I will see you again and 
 your Heart shall rejoice, and your Joy no 
 Man taketh from you. 
 
 Rom. V. 2. We rejoice in hope of the 
 Glory of God. 
 
 I Pet. i. 8. Whom, having not seen, ye 
 love: In whom, though now ye see him 
 not, yet believing, ye rejoice with Joy 
 unspeakable, and full of Glory. 
 
 XXIV.
 
 Promises of Support in Death. 121 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 Support in Death. 
 
 Ps. xxiii, 4. Yea, though I walk through 
 the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will 
 fear no Evil : For thou art with me ; thy 
 Rod and thy Staff they comfort me. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 2)1- Mark the perfect Man, 
 and behold the Upright ; for the End of 
 that Man is Peace. 
 
 Ps. xlviii. 14. For this God is our God, 
 for ever and ever : He will be our Guide, 
 even unto Death. 
 
 Ps. xlix. 15. God will redeem my Soul 
 from the Power of the Grave ; for he shall 
 receive me. 
 
 Ps. Ixxiii. 26. My Flesh and my Heart 
 faileth ; but God is the Strength of my 
 Heart, and my Portion for ever. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 32. The Righteous hath 
 Hope in his Death. 
 
 Is. XXV, 8. He will swallow up Death 
 in Victory : and the Lord God will wipe 
 away Tears from off all Faces. 
 
 Hos. xiii. 14. I will ransom them from 
 the Power of the Grave : I will redeem 
 them from Death. O Death ! I will be 
 thy Plagues : O Grave ! I will be thy 
 Destruction. 
 
 Ro7Ji. viii. 38. For I am persuaded, that 
 neither Death, nor Life, nor Angels, nor 
 
 Prin-
 
 122 Promises of Support in Death. 
 
 Principalities, nor Powers, nor Things 
 present, nor Things to come ; 
 
 Ver. 39. Nor Height, nor Depth, nor 
 any other Creature, shall be able to separate 
 us from the Love of God, which is in 
 Christ Jesus our Lord. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 16. For which Cause we 
 faint not ; but though our outward Man 
 perish, yet the inward Man is renewed 
 Day by Day. 
 
 2 Tim. i. 1 2. I know whom I have 
 believed, and I am persuaded that he is able 
 to keep that which I have committed unto 
 him, against that Day. 
 
 Heb. ii. 14. That through Death he 
 might destroy him that had the Power of 
 Death ; that is, the Devil. 
 
 Ver. 1 5. And deliver them, who through 
 Fear of Death, were all their Life-time 
 subject to Bondage. 
 
 I Cor. XV, 55. O Death ! where is thy 
 Sting "^ O Grave ! where is thy Victory .-* 
 
 Ver. 56. The Sting of Death is Sin, 
 and the Strength of Sin is the Law. 
 
 Ver. 57. But Thanks be to God, which 
 giveth us the Victory, through our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 Promises of Y)^\v^x-Axvz^ from Hell. 123 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Promises of Blessings in the 
 Other World, 
 
 I. 
 
 Of Deliverance from Hell. 
 
 pSAL. Ixxxvi. 13. Great is thy Mercy 
 towards me ; and thou hast delivered 
 my Soul from the lowest * Hell. 
 
 Prov. X. 2. Righteousness delivereth 
 from Death. Chap. ii. 4. 
 
 Prov. XV. 24. The Way of Life is above 
 to the Wise, that he may depart from * Hell 
 beneath. 
 
 Is. xlv. 1 7. Israel shall be saved in the 
 Lord, with an everlasting Salvation : Ye 
 shall not be ashamed nor confounded, 
 World without End. 
 
 Rom. V. 9. Much more being justified 
 by his Blood, we shall be saved from Wrath 
 through him. 
 
 I Thes. i. 10. Jesus, which delivered us 
 from the Wrath to come. 
 
 '^' The Word Hell, in these Passages, is probably 
 to be understood of Death and the Grave. 
 
 I Thes.
 
 124 Pyomises (?/" Happiness after Death. 
 
 I Thes. V. 9. God hath not appointed us 
 to Wrath, but to obtain Salvation by our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 John iii. 15. That whosoever believeth in 
 him should not perish, but have eternal Life. 
 
 John viii. 51. If a Man keep my Saying, 
 he shall never see Death. 
 
 Rev. XX. 6. Blessed and Holy is he that 
 hath part in the first Resurrection ; on such 
 the second Death hath no Power. 
 
 H. 
 
 Of Happiness hmnediately after Death. 
 
 Ps. Ixxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide me with 
 thy Counsel, and afterward receive me to 
 Glory. 
 
 Job iii. 1 7. There the Wicked cease from 
 Troubling: and there the Weary be at Rest. 
 
 Ver. 18. There the Prisoners rest to- 
 gether, they hear not the Voice of, the 
 Oppressor. 
 
 Is. Ivii. 2. He shall enter into Peace : 
 They shall rest in their Beds, each one 
 walking in his Uprightness. 
 
 Luke xvi. 25. Abraham said, Son 
 remember, that thou in thy Lifetime 
 receivedst thy good Things, and likewise 
 Lazarus evil Things ; but now he is 
 comforted, and thou art tormented. 
 
 Ltike xxiii. 43. Jesus said unto him, 
 Verily I say unto thee, This Day shalt thou 
 be with me in Paradise. 
 
 Phil.
 
 Promises of a glorious Resurrection. 125 
 
 Pkil. i. 21. For to me to live is Christ, 
 and to die is Gain. 
 
 Ver. 23. Having a Desire to depart, and 
 to be with Christ, which is far better. 
 
 2 Cor. V. 8. We are confident, I say, and 
 willing rather to be absent from the Body, 
 and to be present with the Lord. 
 
 Hed. xii. 23. And to the Spirits of just 
 Men made perfect. 
 
 Rev. xiv. 13. Blessed are the Dead 
 which die in the Lord, from henceforth : 
 Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest 
 from their Labours : and their Works do 
 follow them. 
 
 Ps. xlix. 1 5. God will redeem my Soul 
 from the Power of the Grave ; for he shall 
 receive me. 
 
 IIL 
 
 A Glorious Resurrection. 
 
 Job xix. 26. Tho' after my Skin Worms 
 destroy this Body, yet in my Flesh shall I 
 see God. 
 
 Ver. 27. Whom I shall see for myself, 
 and mine Eyes shall behold, and not 
 another, tho' my Reins be consumed within 
 me. 
 
 Is. XX vi. 19. Thy dead Men shall live, 
 together with my dead Body shall they arise. 
 Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the Dust : 
 For thy Dew is as the Dew of Herbs; and 
 the Earth shall cast out the Dead. 
 
 Dan.
 
 126 Promises of a glorious Resurrection. 
 
 Dan. xii. 2. Many of them that sleep in 
 the Dust of the Earth, shall awake ; some 
 to everlasting Life, and some to Shame, 
 and everlasting Contempt. 
 
 Ps. xvi. 9. My Flesh also shall rest in 
 Hope, 
 
 Ver. 10. For thou wilt not leave my 
 Soul in Hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine 
 Holy One to see Corruption. 
 
 Luke XX. 35. They which shall be 
 accounted worthy to obtain that World, and 
 the Resurrection from the Dead, neither 
 marry, nor are given in Marriage. 
 
 Ver. 36. Neither can they die any more ; 
 for they are equal unto the Angels, and are 
 the Children of God, being the Children of 
 the Resurrection. 
 
 John V. 28. The Hour is coming, in the 
 which all that are in the Graves shall hear 
 his Voice. 
 
 Ver. 29. And shall come forth ; they 
 that have done Good, unto the Resurrection 
 of Life ; and they that have done Evil, 
 unto the Resurrection of Damnation. 
 
 John vi. 39. This is the Father's Will 
 which hath sent me, That of all which he 
 hath given me, I shall lose nothing, but 
 should raise it up at the last Day. 
 
 Ver. 40, And this is the Will of him that 
 sent me, That every one that seeth the Son, 
 and believeth on him, may have everlasting 
 
 Life :
 
 Promises of a gXoYiowi Resurrection. 127 
 
 Life : And I will raise him up at the last 
 Day. 
 
 Ver. 54. Whoso eateth my Flesh, and 
 drinketh my Blood, hath eternal Life, and 
 I will raise him up at the last Day. 
 
 John xi. 25. I am the Resurrection and 
 the Life ; he that believeth in me, though 
 he were dead, yet shall he live. 
 
 Rom. viii. 1 1. If the Spirit of him that 
 raised up Jesus from the Dead, dwell in 
 you, he that raised up Christ from the 
 Dead, shall also quicken your mortal Bodies 
 by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 
 
 I Cor. XV. 21. Since by Man came 
 Death, by Man also came the Resurrection 
 of the Dead. 
 
 Ver. 22. For as in Adam all die, even 
 so in Christ shall all be made alive. 
 
 Ver. 42. So also is the Resurrection of 
 the Dead : It is sown in Corruption, it is 
 raised in Incorruption : 
 
 Ver. 43. It is sown in Dishonour, it is 
 raised in Glory : It is sown in Weakness, 
 it is raised in Power. 
 
 Ver. 44. It is sown a natural Body, it 
 is raised a spiritual Body. 
 
 Ver. 49. As we have borne the Image 
 of the Earthy, we shall also bear the Image 
 of the Heavenly. 
 
 Ver. 51. Behold, I show you a Mystery: 
 We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be 
 changed ; 
 
 Ver,
 
 128 Promises of a glorious Resurrection. 
 
 Ver. 52. In a Moment, in the Twinkling 
 of an Eye, at the last Trump, (for the 
 Trumpet shall sound) and the Dead shall be 
 raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 
 
 Ver. 53. For this Corruptible must put 
 on Incorruption, and this Mortal must put 
 on Immortality. 
 
 Ver. 54. So when this Corruptible shall 
 have put on Incorruption, and this Mortal 
 shall have put on Immortality ; then shall 
 be brought to pass the saying that is 
 written, Death is swallowed up in Victory. 
 
 1 Cor. vi. 2. Do not you know that 
 the Saints shall judge the World } 
 
 Ver. 3. Know ye not that we shall 
 judge Angels ? 
 
 2 Cor. V. I. We know, that if our earthly 
 House of this Tabernacle were dissolved, 
 we have a Building of God, an House not 
 made with Hands, eternal in the Heavens. 
 
 Ver. 2. For in this we groan, earnestly 
 desiring to be cloathed upon with our 
 House, which is from Heaven : 
 
 Ver. 3. If so be that being cloathed, 
 we shall not be found naked. 
 
 Ver. 4. For we that are in this Taber- 
 nacle do groan, being burdened ; not for 
 that we would be uncloathed, but cloathed 
 upon, that Mortality might be swallowed up 
 of Life. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 14. Knowing, that he which 
 hath raised up the Lord Jesus, shall raise up 
 
 us
 
 Promises of a glorious Resurrection. 129 
 
 us also by Jesus, and shall present us with 
 you. 
 
 Phil. iii. 21. Who shall change our vile 
 Body, that it may be fashioned like unto 
 his glorious Body, according to the work- 
 ing whereby he is able even to subdue all 
 Things to himself. 
 
 2 Thes. iv. 14. If we believe that Jesus 
 died, and rose again, even so them also 
 which sleep in Jesus, will God bring with 
 him. 
 
 Ver. 15. For this we say unto you by 
 the Word of the Lord, That we which are 
 alive, and remain unto the coming of the 
 Lord, shall not prevent them which are 
 asleep. 
 
 Ver. 16. For the Lord himself shall 
 descend from Heaven with a Shout, with 
 the Voice of the Archangel, and with the 
 Trump of God : And the Dead in Christ 
 shall rise first. 
 
 Ver. 17. Then we which are alive and 
 remain, shall be caught up together with 
 them in the Clouds, to meet the Lord in 
 the Air. 
 
 2 Tim.'i. 10. Jesus Christ hath abolished 
 Death, and hath brought Life and Immor- 
 tality to Light through the Gospel. 
 
 IV. Of
 
 130 Promises of Everlasting Happiness. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Of Everlasting Happiness in 
 Heaven. 
 
 Ps. xlix. 14. The Upright shall have 
 Dominion over them in the Morning. 
 
 1 Cor. ii. 9. Eye hath not seen, nor Ear 
 heard, neither have entered into the Heart 
 of Man, the Things which God hath pre- 
 pared for them that love him. 
 
 Rom. ii. 7. To them who by patient Con- 
 tinuance in Well-doing, seek for Glory, and 
 Honour, and Immortality, eternal Life. 
 
 Ver. 10. Glory, Honour, and Peace to 
 every Man that worketh Good ; to the Jew 
 first, and then to the Gentile. 
 
 Rom. V. 10. We shall be saved by his 
 Life. 
 
 Ver. 1 7. They which receive abundance 
 of Grace, and of the Gift of Righteousness, 
 shall reign in Life by Jesus Christ. 
 
 2 Thes. i. 5. That ye may be accounted 
 worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which 
 ye also suffer, 
 
 Ver. 7. To you who are troubled, rest 
 with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be re- 
 vealed from Heaven by his mighty Angels. 
 
 Ver. 10. He shall come to be glorified 
 in his Saints, and to be admired in all them 
 that believe in that, Day. 
 
 Ver. 12. That the Name of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ may be glorified in you. and ye 
 
 in
 
 Promises of EverldiSting Happiness. 131 
 
 in him, according to the Grace of our God, 
 and the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 //ed. xi. 9. By Faith he sojourned in the 
 
 Land of Promise as in a strange Country, 
 
 dwelling in Tabernacles with Isaac and 
 
 Jacob, the Heirs with him of the same 
 
 Promise. 
 
 Ver. 10. For he looked for a City 
 which hath Foundations, whose Builder 
 and Maker is God. 
 
 Ver. 16. They desire a better Country, 
 that is, an heavenly : Wherefore God is not 
 ashamed to be called their God, for he hath 
 prepared for them a City. 
 
 John xiv. 2. In my Father's House are 
 many Mansions ; if it were not so, I would 
 have told you : I go to prepare a Place for 
 you. 
 
 Ver. 3. And if I go and prepare a Place, 
 I will come again and receive you unto 
 myself, that where I am, there ye may be 
 also. 
 
 2 Tim. iv. 8. There is laid up for me a 
 Crown of Righteousness, which the Lord 
 the righteous Judge shall give me at that 
 Day ; and not to me only, but unto all 
 them also that love his appearing. 
 
 Heb. iv. 9. There remaineth therefore 
 a Rest for the People of God. 
 
 Heb. ix. 15. He is the Mediator of the 
 New Testament, that by means" of Death, 
 for the Redemption of the Transgressions 
 
 that
 
 132 Promises of Everlasting Happiness. 
 
 that were under the First Testament, they 
 which are called might receive the Promise 
 of eternal Inheritance. 
 
 Ver. 28. Unto them that look for him, 
 shall he appear the second Time without 
 Sin unto Salvation. 
 
 2 Pet. iii. 13. We, according to his 
 Promise, look for new Heavens and a new 
 Earth, wherein dwelleth Righteousness. 
 
 I Pet. i. 9. Receiving the End of your 
 Faith, even the Salvation of your Souls. 
 
 Ver. 13. Gird up the Loins of your 
 Mind, be sober and hope to the End, for 
 the Grace that is to be brought unto you 
 at the Revelation of Jesus Christ. 
 
 Rev. ii. 10. Be thou faithful unto Death, 
 and I will give thee a Crown of Life. 
 
 Rev. iii. 4. Thou hast a few Names 
 even in Sardis, which have not defiled their 
 Garments ; and they shall walk with me in 
 white, for they are worthy. 
 
 Rev. vii. 1 5. They are before the Throne 
 of God, and serve him Day and_ Night in 
 his Temple : And he that sitteth on the 
 Throne shall dwell among them. 
 
 Ver. 16. They shall hunger no more, 
 neither thirst any more, neither shall the 
 Sun light on them, nor any Heat. 
 
 Ver. 1 7. For the Lamb which is in the 
 midst of the Throne shall feed them, and 
 shall lead them unto living Fountains of 
 
 Waters :
 
 Pro7fizses q/ Ever\a.siing Happiness. 133 
 
 Waters : And God shall wipe away all 
 Tears from their Eyes, 
 
 jRev. xi. 18, Thy Wrath is come, and 
 the Time of the Dead, that they should be 
 judged, and that thou shouldst give Reward 
 unto thy Servants the Prophets, and to the 
 Saints, and to them that fear thy Name, 
 small and great. 
 
 J^ev. xxi. 22. I saw no Temple therein 
 for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb 
 are the Temple of it. 
 
 Ve7^. 23. The City had no Need of the 
 Sun, neither of the Moon to shine in it ; 
 for the Glory of God did lighten it, and 
 the Lamb is the Light thereof. 
 
 Rev. xxii, 5. There shall be no Night 
 there, and they need no Candle, neither 
 Light of the Sun ; for the Lord God 
 giveth them Light, and they shall reign for 
 ever and ever. /s. Ix. 19, 20. 
 
 I Jo/m iii. 2. Now we are the Sons 
 of God : And it doth not yet appear what 
 we shall be ; but we know, that when he 
 shall appear, we shall be like him, for we 
 shall see him as he is. 
 
 JoAn xvii. 22. The Glory which thou 
 gavest me, I have given them, that they 
 may be one, even as we are one. 
 
 l^er. 24. Father, I will that they also 
 whom thou hast given me, be with me 
 where I am, that they may behold my 
 Glory, which thou hast given me. 
 
 J^ree-
 
 134 Promises of G\ory in Heaven. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 4. God shall 
 F^'eedom from wipe away all Tears from 
 all Sorrow in their Eyes; and there shall 
 Heaven. be no rnore Death, neither 
 
 Sorrow, nor Crying, neither 
 shall there be any more Pain : For the 
 former Things are passed away. 
 
 Is. Ix. 20. The Lord shall be thine 
 everlasting Light, and the Days of thy 
 Mourning shall be ended. 
 
 Matt.v'x. 20. Treasures in Heaven, where 
 neither Moth doth corrupt, nor Thieves 
 break through and steal. 
 
 Rev. xxii. 3. And there shall be no 
 more Curse. 
 
 Ps. xvi. II. Thou wilt 
 Great P leasure shew me the Path of Life ; 
 and Joy in in thy Presence is Fulness 
 Heaven. of Joy, at thy Right Hand 
 
 there are Pleasures for ever- 
 more. 
 Matt. XXV. 21. I will make thee Ruler 
 over many Things : Enter thou into the 
 Joy of thy Lord. 
 
 J tide 24. He is able to present you 
 faultless before the Presence of his Glory, 
 with exceeding Joy. 
 
 ^j • Matt. xiii. 43. The Righteous 
 
 rr -^ shall shine forth as the Sun, in 
 
 the Kingdom of their Father. 
 
 Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall shine 
 
 as the Brightness of the Firmament ; and 
 
 they
 
 Promises of the Kingdom ^/Heaven. 135 
 
 they that turn many to Righteousness, as 
 the Stars, for ever and ever. 
 
 Rom. viii. 17. If Children, then Heirs; 
 Heirs of God, and joint Heirs with Christ ; 
 if so be that we suffer with him, that we 
 also may be g-lorified together. 
 
 Ver. 18. The Sufferings of this present 
 Life are not worthy to be compared with 
 the Glory which shall be revealed in us. 
 
 Ver. 30. Whom he justified, them he 
 also glorified. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 17. Our light Affliction, which 
 is but for a Moment, worketh for us a far 
 more exceeding and eternal Weight ofGlory. 
 
 Ver. 18. While we look not at the 
 Things which are seen, but at the Things 
 which are not seen : For the Things which 
 are seen, are Temporal ; but the Things 
 which are not seen, are Eternal. 
 
 1 Pet. iv. 1 3. That when his Glory shall 
 be revealed, ye may be glad also with ex- 
 ceeding Joy. 
 
 Col. iii. 4. When Christ, who is our 
 Life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear 
 with him in Glory. 
 
 2 Tim. ii. 10. That they [the Elecf] may 
 obtain the Salvation, which is in Christ 
 Jesus, with eternal Glory. 
 
 ^, r^. , Matt. XXV. 34. Come, ye 
 The J^mgdom^^^^^^^^ of my Father, inherit 
 of Heaven. ^^^ Kingdom, prepared for 
 you from the Foundation of the World. 
 
 Luke
 
 136 Promises of the Enjoyment of God. 
 
 LukeyX\.'^2. It is your Father's good 
 Pleasure to give you the Kingdom. 
 
 2 Pet. i. II. An Entrance shall be 
 ministered unto you abundantly into the 
 everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and 
 Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 
 2 Tim. iv. 1 8. The Lord will preserve 
 me unto his heavenly Kingdom. 
 
 Luke xxii. 29. I appoint unto you a 
 Kingdom, as my Father hath appointed 
 unto me, 
 
 Ver. 30. That ye may eat and drink at 
 my Table in my Kingdom, and sit on 
 Thrones, judging the Twelve Tribes of 
 Israel. 
 
 Eph. i. 18. The Eyes of 
 The Heavenly your Understanding being 
 Inheritance. enlightened ; that ye may 
 know what is the Hope of 
 his Calling, and what the Riches of his 
 Glory of his Inheritance in the Saints. 
 
 I Pet. i. 3. Who hath begotten us again 
 unto a lively Hope, by the Resurrection of 
 Jesus Christ from the Dead, 
 
 Ver. 4, To an Inheritance incorruptible 
 
 and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, 
 
 reserved in Heaven for you. 
 
 -7-/ z- • , Ps. xvii. I s. As for me, 
 
 I liehnwyment t -n u 1 1 1 .i t^ 
 f con ^' behold thy race in 
 
 •^ * Righteousness : I shall be 
 
 satisfied when I awake, with thy Likeness, 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises of Eternal Life. 137 
 
 Ps. xxxvi. 9. With thee is the Fountain 
 of Life ; in thy Light we shall see Light. 
 
 I Thcs. iv. 17. So shall we be ever 
 with the Lord. 
 
 Rev. xxii. 3. The Throne of God and 
 
 the Lamb shall be in it, and his Servants 
 
 shall serve him. 
 
 Ver. 4. And they shall see his Face, 
 
 and his Name shall be in their Foreheads. 
 
 T^, , T r Matt.xx.w. a6. The Rieht- 
 hternal Life. ,1, ^ • ^ t -r 
 
 •' eous shall go away into Lite 
 
 eternal. 
 
 John vi. 47. Verily, verily I say unto 
 you, he that believeth on me, hath ever- 
 lasting Life. See Ver. 51, 54. 
 
 Rom. vi. 23. The Gift of God is eternal 
 Life, thro' Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 I John ii. 25. This is the Promise that 
 he hath promised us, even eternal Life. 
 
 I John V. II. God hath given to us 
 eternal Life ; and this Life is in his Son, 
 
 Ver. 13. That ye may know that ye 
 have eternal Life. 
 
 PART
 
 PART II. 
 
 PROMISES 
 
 TO SEVERAL 
 
 Graces and Duties. 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 Promises to Duties of the 
 First Table. 
 
 I. 
 
 To Faith in Christ. 
 
 SAIAH xxv'm. i6. Behold I lay in 
 Sion for a Foundation a Stone, a 
 tried Stone, a precious Corner- 
 stone, a sure Foundation. He 
 that believeth, shall not make haste. 
 I Pet. ii. 6. He that believeth on him, 
 shall not be confounded. 
 
 Is.
 
 Promises to Faith in Christ. 139 
 
 Is. xlv. 22. Look unto me, and be ye 
 saved, all the Ends of the Earth. 
 
 Mark'xy^. 23. If thou canst believe, all 
 Things are possible to him that believeth. 
 
 [ohn i. 12. As many as received him, 
 to them crave he Power to become the Sons 
 of God, even to them that believe on his 
 Name. 
 
 John iii. 16. God so loved the World, 
 that he gave his only begotten Son, that 
 whosoever believeth on him, should not 
 perish, but have everlasting Life. 
 
 Ver. 18. He that believeth on him, is 
 not condemned. 
 
 Ver. 36. He that believeth on the Son, 
 hath everlasting Life. John vi. 47. 
 
 John xii. 46. I am come a Light into 
 the World, that whosoever believeth on 
 me, should not abide in Darkness. 
 
 Luke vii. 50. Thy Faith hath saved thee, 
 go in Peace, 
 
 Acts X. 43. To him give all the Prophets 
 Witness, that through his Name whosoever 
 believeth on him, shall receive Remission of 
 Sins. 
 
 Acts xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord 
 Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and 
 thy House. 
 
 Rom. ix. 2)2)- Behold, I lay in Sion a 
 Stumbling-Stone, and Rock of Offence, 
 and whosoever believeth on him, shall not 
 be ashamed. 
 
 Rom.
 
 140 Promises to Faith in Christ. 
 
 Rom. iv. 5. To him that worketh not, 
 but believeth on him that justifieth the Un- 
 godly, his Faith is counted for Righteous- 
 ness. 
 
 Rom. X. 4. Christ is the End of the 
 Law for Righteousness to every one that 
 believeth. 
 
 Gal. iii. 9. They which be of Faith, are 
 blessed with faithful Abraham. 
 
 Ver. 7. They which are of Faith, the 
 same are the Children of Abraham. 
 
 Ver. 22. The Scripture hath concluded 
 all under Sin, that the Promise by Faith of 
 Jesus Christ might be given to them that 
 believe. 
 
 Heb. X. 38. The just shall live by Faith. 
 
 Ver. 39. We are of them that believe, 
 to the saving of the Soul. 
 
 Eph. ii. 8. By Grace you are saved, 
 thro' Faith. 
 
 Heb. vi. 1 2. That ye be not slothful, but 
 Followers of them, who through Faith and 
 Patience inherit the Promises. 
 
 I Tim. iv. 10. We trust in the living 
 God, who is the Saviour of all Men, 
 especially of those that believe. 
 
 John XX. 29. Blessed are they that have 
 not seen, and yet have believed. 
 
 Matt. xi. 28. Come unto me, all ye that 
 labour and are heavy laden, and I will give 
 you Rest. 
 
 John
 
 Promises to Confessing Christ. 141 
 
 John vi. 35. And Jesus said unto them, 
 I am the Bread of Life ; he that cometh 
 unto me shall never hunger, and he that 
 believeth on me shall never thirst. 
 
 Ver. 37. All that the Father giveth me, 
 shall come to me ; and him that cometh to 
 me, I will in no wise cast out. 
 
 I Pet. ii, 4, 5. To whom coming as unto 
 a living Stone, disallowed indeed of Men, 
 but chosen of God, and precious ; Ye, also, 
 as lively Stones, are built up a Spiritual 
 House, a holy Priesthood, to offer up spiri- 
 tual Sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus 
 Christ, '^fi^ Justification, Part I. Chap. III. 
 Sect. II. 
 
 ^ r • Matt. X. 32. Whosoever 
 
 ri, ■ * shall confess me before Men, 
 
 him will 1 confess also before 
 my Father which is in Heaven. 
 
 Rom. X. 9. If thou shalt confess with 
 thy Mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt be- 
 lieve in thine Heart, that God hath raised 
 him from the Dead, thou shalt be saved. 
 
 Ver. ID. For with the Heart Man be- 
 lieveth unto Righteousness, and with the 
 Mouth Confession is made unto Salvation. 
 I Jokit iv. 1 5. Whosoever shall confess 
 that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth 
 in him, and he in Him. 
 
 II.
 
 142 Promises to Repentance. 
 
 II. 
 
 To Repentance, 
 
 2 Chron. vii. 14, If my People, which 
 are called by my Name, shall humble them- 
 selves, and pray, and seek my Face, and 
 turn from their wicked Ways ; then will I 
 hear from Heaven, and will forgive their 
 Sin. 
 
 2 Ch^on. XXX, 9. The Lord your God 
 is gracious and merciful, and will not turn 
 away his Face from you, if ye return unto 
 him, 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 27, Depart from Evil and 
 do good, and dwell for evermore, 
 
 Prov. i. 23, Turn ye at my Reproof: 
 Behold, I will pour out my Spirit upon 
 you : I will make known my Words unto 
 you. 
 
 Jer. iv. 14, O Jerusalem, wash thine 
 Heart from Wickedness, that thou mayest 
 be saved. How long shall vain Thoughts 
 lodge within thee .'* 
 
 Is. Iv. 7. Let the Wicked forsake his 
 Way, and the Unrighteous I\Ian his 
 Thoughts, and let him return unto the 
 Lord, and he will have Mercy upon him ; 
 and to our God, for he will abundantly 
 pardon. 
 
 Jer. xviii. 8. If that Nation against 
 whom I have pronounced, turn from their 
 
 Evil.
 
 Promises to Repentance. 143 
 
 Evil, I will repent of the Evil that I thought 
 to do unto them. 
 
 Jer. xxvi. 3. If so be they will hearken, 
 and turn every Man from his Evil Way, 
 that I may repent me of the Evil which I 
 purpose to do unto them, because of the 
 Evil of their Doings. 
 
 Ver. 13. Amend your Ways and your 
 Doings, and obey the Voice of the Lord 
 your God, and the Lord will repent him 
 of the Evil that he hath pronounced against 
 you. 
 
 Jer. xxxvi. 3. That they may return 
 every Man from his evil Way, that I may 
 forgive their Iniquity and their Sin. 
 
 Ezek. xviii, 21. If the Wicked will turn 
 from all his Sins that he hath committed, 
 and keep all my Statutes, and do that 
 which is lawful and right, he shall surely 
 live, he shall not die, 
 
 Ver. 22. All his Transgressions that he 
 hath committed, they shall not be once 
 mentioned unto him : In his Righteousness 
 that he hath done, he shall live. 
 
 Ver. 23. Have I any Pleasure at all that 
 the wicked should die, saith the Lord 
 God, and not that he should return from 
 his Ways and live ? 
 
 Ver. 30. Repent, and turn yourselves 
 from all your Transgressions ; so Iniquity 
 shall not prove your Ruin. 
 
 Ver.
 
 144 Promises to Repentance. 
 
 Ver. 31. Cast away from you all your 
 Transgressions, whereby ye have trans- 
 gressed, and make you a new Heart, and a 
 new Spirit : For why will ye die, O House 
 of Israel? 
 
 Ver. 32. For I have no Pleasure in the 
 Death of him that dieth, saith the Lord 
 God : Wherefore turn yourselves, and live 
 
 Ezek. xxxiii. 14. When I say unto the 
 Wicked, Thou shalt surely die : If he turn 
 from his Sin, and do that which is lawful 
 and rigfht : 
 
 Ver. 15. If the Wicked restore the 
 Pledge, give again that he had robbed, 
 walk in the Statutes of Life without com- 
 mitting Iniquity ; he shall surely live, he 
 shall not die. 
 
 Ver. 16. None of his Sins that he hath 
 committed, shall be mentioned unto him ; 
 he hath done that which is lawful and right. 
 
 Ver. 19. If the Wicked turn from his 
 Wickedness, and do that which is lawful 
 and right, he shall live thereby. 
 
 Joel ii. 1 2. Turn ye 'even to me with 
 all your Heart, and with Fasting, and with 
 Weeping, and Mourning. 
 
 Ver. 13. And rend your Heart, and not 
 your Garments, and turn unto the Lord 
 your God ; for he is gracious and merciful, 
 slow to Anger, and of great Kindness, and 
 repenteth him of the Evil. 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises to them that Mourn, &c. 145 
 
 Vei". 14. Who knoweth, if he will return 
 and repent, and leave a Blessing behind 
 him, even a Meat-Offering and a Drink- 
 Offering, unto the Lord your God ? 
 
 Zech. i. 3. Turn ye unto me, saith the 
 Lord of Hosts, and I will turn unto you 
 saith the Lord of Hosts. Mai. iii. 7. 
 
 Job xxii. 23. If thou return to the Al- 
 mighty, thou shalt be built up ; thou shalt 
 put away Iniquity far from thy Tabernacles. 
 
 Eph. V. 14. Awake, thou that sleepest, 
 and arise from the Dead, and Christ shall 
 give thee Light. 
 
 Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized, 
 every one of you, in the Name of Jesus 
 Christ, for the Remission of Sins, and ye 
 shall receive the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Acts iii. 19. Repent ye therefore, and be 
 comforted, that your Sins may be blotted 
 out, when the Times of refreshing shall 
 come from the Presence of the Lord. 
 
 Ezek. ix. 4. Go through 
 To them that the Midst of the City, and 
 mourn for the set a Mark upon the Fore- 
 Wickedness of heads of them that sigh, 
 the Land. and that cry for all the 
 
 Abominations that be clone 
 in the Midst of it. 
 
 Ver. 6. Slay utterly old and young 
 
 But come not near any Man upon whom is 
 the Mark. 
 
 K DeiU,
 
 146 Promises to Repenting, &c. 
 
 Deut. iv. 30. When thou 
 
 Repenting in art in Tribulation, and all 
 
 Affliction. these Things are come upon 
 
 thee, even in the latter 
 
 Days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, 
 
 and shalt be obedient to his Voice ; 
 
 Ver. 31. (For the Lord thy God is a 
 merciful God) he will not forsake thee, 
 neither destroy thee, nor forget the Cove- 
 nant of thy Fathers, which he sware unto 
 them. 
 
 Deut. XXX. 2. If thou shalt return unto 
 the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his 
 Voice, according to all that I command 
 thee this Day, thou and thy Children, with 
 all thine Heart, and with all thy Soul ; 
 
 Ver. 3. Then the Lord thy God will 
 turn thy Captivity, and have Compassion 
 upon thee, and will return and gather thee 
 from all the Nations whither the Lord thy 
 God hath scattered thee. 
 
 Ver. 8. And thou shalt return, and obey 
 the Voice of the Lord, and do all his 
 Commandments, which I command thee 
 this Day. 
 
 Job xxxiii. 27. He looketh upon Men, 
 and if any say, I have sinned and per- 
 verted that which was right, and it profited 
 me not ; 
 
 Ver. 28. He will deliver his Soul from 
 going into the Pit, and his Life shall see 
 the Light. 
 
 Hos.
 
 Promises to Confession of Sin. 147 
 
 Has. vi, I. Come, and let us return unto 
 
 the Lord ; for he hath torn, and he will 
 
 heal us : He hath smitten, and he will bind 
 
 us up. 
 
 /- /■ • jr Ps. xxxii. =;. I said, I 
 
 L on res Stan of .„ r -n 
 
 ■^ c • will confess my 1 ransofres- 
 
 sions unto the Lord ; and 
 
 thou forgavest the Iniquity of my Sin. 
 
 Prov. yix.v'm. 13. Whoso confesseth and 
 forsaketh his Sins, shall have Mercy. 
 
 I John i. 9. If we confess our Sins, he 
 is faithful and just to forgive us our Sins, 
 and to cleanse us from all Unrighteousness. 
 
 Lev. xxvi. 40. If they shall confess their 
 Iniquity, and the Iniquity of their Fathers, 
 with their Trespass which they trespassed 
 against me ; and that also they have walked 
 contrary unto me ; 
 
 Ver. 41. And that I have also walked 
 contrary unto them, and have brought 
 them into the Land of their Enemies ; If 
 then their uncircumcised Hearts be hum- 
 bled, and they then accept of the Punish- 
 ment of their Iniquity ; 
 
 Ver. 42. Then will I remember my 
 Covenant with Jacob, and also my Cove- 
 nant with Isaac, and also my Covenant with 
 Abrahavi will I remember ; and I will re- 
 rfiember the Land. 
 
 Jer. iii. 12. Return, thou backsliding 
 Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not cause 
 mine Anger to fall upon you ; for I am 
 
 merci-
 
 148 Promises to Obedience. 
 
 merciful saith the Lord, and I will not 
 keep Anger for ever. 
 
 Ver. 13. Only acknowledge thine Ini- 
 quity, that thou hast transgressed against 
 the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy 
 Ways to the Strangers under every green 
 Tree, and ye have not obeyed my Voice, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 Luke XV. 21. The Son said unto him, 
 Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and 
 in thy Sight, and am no more worthy to 
 be called thy Son. 
 
 Ver. 22. But the Father said to his 
 Servants, Bring forth the best Robe, and 
 put it on him, and put a Ring on his 
 Hand, and Shoes on his Feet. 
 
 in. 
 
 Obedience. 
 
 Exod. xix. 5. If ye will obey my Voice 
 indeed, and keep my Covenant, then ye 
 shall be a peculiar Treasure unto me above 
 all People. 
 
 Lev. XXV. 18. Ye shall do my Statutes, 
 and keep my Judgments, and do them ; ye 
 shall dwell in the Land in Safety. 
 
 Ver. 19. And the Land shall yield her 
 Fruit, and ye shall eat your Fill, and dwell 
 therein in Safety. 
 
 Deut. iv. I. Hearken, O Lsrae?, unto the 
 Statutes, and unto the Judgments which 
 I teach you, for to do them, that ye may 
 
 live,
 
 Promises to Obedience. 149 
 
 live, and go in and possess the Land which 
 the Lord God of your Fathers giveth 
 you. 
 
 Ver. 6. Keep therefore and do them, 
 for this is your Wisdom, and your Under- 
 standing in the Sight of the Nations, which 
 shall hear all these Statutes, and say, 
 Surely this great Nation is a wise and 
 understanding People. 
 
 Deut. V. 29. O that there were such an 
 Heart in them, that they would fear me 
 and keep all my Commandments always, 
 that it might be well with them, and with 
 their Children for ever. 
 
 Deut. vi. 3. Hear therefore, O Israel, 
 and observe to do it ; that it may be well 
 with thee, and that ye may increase 
 mightily, as the Lord God of thy Fathers 
 hath promised thee, in the Land which 
 floweth with Milk and Honey. 
 
 Ver. 18. Thou shalt do that which is 
 good and right in the Sight of the Lord, 
 that it may be well with thee, and that thou 
 mayest go in and possess the good Land, 
 which the Lord sware unto thy Fathers ; 
 
 Ver. 19. To cast out all thine Enemies 
 from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. 
 
 Deut. vii. 12. It shall come to pass, if 
 ye hearken unto these Judgments, and keep 
 and do them, that the Lord thy God shall 
 keep unto thee the Covenant which he 
 sware unto thy Fathers. 
 
 DeiU.
 
 150 Promises to Obedience. 
 
 Deut. xi. 27, A Blessing, if ye obey the 
 Commandments of the Lord your God, 
 which I command you this Day. 
 
 Dent. xiii. 1 7. That the Lord may turn 
 from the Fierceness of his Anger, and shew 
 thee Mercy, and have Compassion upon 
 thee, and mukiply thee, as he hath sworn 
 unto thy Fathers. 
 
 Ver. 1 8. When thou shalt hearken to the 
 Voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all 
 his Commandments, which I command thee 
 this Day, to do that which is right in the 
 Eyes of the Lord thy God. 
 
 Deut. xxix. 9. Keep therefore the 
 Words of this Covenant, and do them, that 
 ye may prosper in all that ye do. 
 
 Deut. XXX. 15. See, I have set before 
 thee this Day good and Evil : 
 
 Ver. 16. In that I command thee this 
 Day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in 
 his Ways, and to keep his Commandments, 
 and his Statutes, and his Judgment, that 
 thou mayest live and multiply ; And the 
 Lord thy God shall bless thee in the Land, 
 whither thou goest to possess it. 
 
 Deut. xxxii. 46. Set your Hearts unto 
 all the Words which I testify unto you this 
 Day ; which he shall command your Chil- 
 dren to observe to do all the Words of this 
 Law, 
 
 Ver. 47. For it is not a vain Thing for 
 you, because it is your Life ; and through 
 
 this
 
 Promises to Obedience. 151 
 
 this Thing ye shall prolong your Days in 
 the Land whither you go over Jordan to 
 possess it. 
 
 I Sam. xii. 14. If ye will fear the Lord 
 and serve him, and obey his Voice, and 
 not rebel against the Commandment of the 
 Lord, then shall both ye, and also the 
 King that reigneth over you, continue 
 following the Lord your God. 
 
 I Kings ii. 3. Keep the Charge of the 
 Lord thy God, to walk in his Ways, to 
 keep his Statutes, and his Commandments, 
 and his Judgments, and his Testimonies, 
 that thou mayest prosper in all that thou 
 doest, and withersoever thou turnest thyself. 
 
 1 Chron. xxii. 12. The Lord oive thee 
 Wisdom and Understandinor, and o-ive thee 
 Charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest 
 keep the Law of the Lord thy God ; 
 
 Ver. 13. Then shalt thou prosper, if 
 thou takest heed to fulfil the Statutes and 
 Judgments which the Lord charged Moses 
 with concerning Isi^ael. 
 
 2 Chron. xv. 7. Be strong ; let not your 
 Hands be weak, for your Work shall be 
 rewarded. 
 
 Job xxxvi. II. If they obey and serve 
 him, they shall spend their Days in Pros- 
 perity, and their Years in Pleasure. 
 
 Ps. XXV. ro. All the Paths of the Lord 
 are Mercy and Truth, unto such as keep 
 his Covenant and his Testimonies. 
 
 Ps.
 
 152 Promises to Obedience. 
 
 Ps. 1. 23. To him that ordereth his Con- 
 versation aright, will I shew the Salvation 
 of God. 
 
 Ps. cvi. 3. Blessed are they that keep 
 Judgment, and he that doth Righteousness 
 at all Times. 
 
 Ps. cxix. I. Blessed are the Undefiled 
 in the Way, who walk in the Law of the 
 Lord. 
 
 Ver. 2. Blessed are they that keep his 
 Testimonies, that seek him with the whole 
 Heart. 
 
 Ver. 6. I shall not be ashamed, when I 
 have respect unto all thy Commandments. 
 
 Prov. xix. 16. He that keepeth the 
 Commandment, keepeth his own Soul. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 18. He that keepeth the 
 Law, happy is he. 
 
 Is. i. 19. If ye be willing and obedient, 
 ye shall eat the Good of the Land. 
 
 Is. xlviii. 1 8. O that thou hadst hearkened 
 to my Commandments ! Then had my 
 Peace been as a River, and thy Righteous- 
 ness as the Waves of the Sea. 
 
 fer. vii. 23. Obey my Voice, and I will 
 be your God, and ye shall be my People ; 
 and walk ye in all the Ways that I have 
 commanded you, that it may be well unto 
 you. 
 
 Matt. V. 19. Whosoever shall do and 
 teach these Commandments, the same shall 
 be called Great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 
 Matt.
 
 Promises to Obedience. 153 
 
 Matt. vii. 21. Not every one that saith 
 unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 
 Kingdom of Heaven : But he that doeth 
 the Will of my Father which is in Heaven. 
 
 Matt. xii. 50. Whosoever shall do the 
 Will of my Father which is in Heaven, 
 the same is my Brother, and Sister, and 
 Mother. 
 
 [ohn vii. 17. If any Man will do his Will, 
 he shall know of the Doctrine, whether it 
 be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 
 
 John xiii. 17. If ye know these Things, 
 happy are ye if ye do them. 
 
 James i. 25. Whoso looketh into the 
 perfect Law of Liberty, and continueth 
 therein, he being not a forgetful Hearer, 
 but a Doer of the Word, this Man shall be 
 blessed in his Deed. 
 
 \ John ii. 17. He that doeth the Will 
 of God, abideth for ever. 
 
 \ John iii. 22. Whatsoever we ask, we 
 receive of him, because we keep his Com- 
 mandments, and do those Things that are 
 pleasing in his Sight. 
 
 Rev. xxii. 14. Blessed are they that do 
 his Commandments, that they may have 
 Right to the Tree of Life, and may enter 
 through the Gates into the City. 
 
 Phil. iv. 9. Those Things which ye 
 have both learned and received, and heard 
 and seen in me, do ; and the God of Peace 
 shall be with you. 
 
 Rom.
 
 154 Promises to obeying Christ. 
 
 Ro7n. ii. 13. The Doers of the Law 
 shall be justified. 
 
 Exod. xxiii. 22. If thou 
 Obeying Christ, shalt indeed obey his \the 
 
 Angel's^ Voice, and do all 
 that I speak ; then will I be an Enemy 
 unto thine Enemies, and an Adversary to 
 thine Adversaries. 
 
 Is. 1. 10. Who is among you that feareth 
 the Lord, that obeyeth the Voice of his 
 Servant, that walketh in Darkness, and 
 hath no Lio^ht .■* Let him trust in the Name 
 of the Lord, and stay upon his God. 
 
 Matt. vii. 24. Whosoever heareth these 
 Sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will 
 liken him unto a wise Man, which built his 
 House upon a Rock. 
 
 Ver. 25. And the Rain descended, and 
 the Floods came, and the Winds blew, and 
 beat upon that House ; and it fell not, for 
 it was founded upon a Rock. 
 
 Heb. V. 9. He became the Author of 
 eternal Salvation to all them that obey him. 
 
 JoJui V. 24. He that heareth my Word, 
 and believeth on him that sent me, hath 
 everlasting Life, and shall not come into 
 Condemnation, but is passed from Death 
 unto Life. 
 
 John viii. 51. If a Man keep my Say- 
 ing, he shall never see Death. 
 
 John XV. 10. If ye keep my Command- 
 ments, ye shall abide in my Love. 
 
 IV.
 
 Promises to Sincerity, &c. 155 
 
 IV. 
 
 To Sincerity and Uprightness. 
 
 1 Chron. xxix. 1 7. I know also, my 
 God, that thou hast Pleasure in Upright- 
 ness. 
 
 2 Chroii. xvi. 9. The Eyes of the Lord 
 run to and fro throughout the whole Earth, 
 to shew himself strong in behalf of those 
 whose Heart is perfect towards him. 
 
 Job viii. 6. If thou wert pure and 
 upright, surely now he would awake for 
 thee, and make the Habitation of thy 
 Righteousness prosperous. 
 
 Ps. xi. 7. The righteous Lord loveth 
 Righteousness ; his Countenance doth be- 
 hold the Upright. 
 
 Ps. XV. I. Lord, who shall abide in thy 
 Tabernacle ? Who shall dwell in thy holy 
 Hill.? 
 
 Ver. 2. He that walketh uprightly, and 
 worketh Righteousness. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 25. With an upright Man 
 thou wilt shew thyself upright. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 18. The Lord knoweth the 
 Days of the Upright; and their Inheritance 
 shall be for ever. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 80. Let my Heart be found in 
 thy Statutes, that I be not ashamed. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. 4. Do good, O Lord, unto 
 those that be good, and to them that are 
 upright in their Hearts. 
 
 Prov.
 
 156 Promises to Sincerity, (5fc. 
 
 Prov. ii. 7. He layeth up sound Wisdom 
 for the Righteous ; he is a Buckler to them 
 that walk uprightly. 
 
 Ver. 21. The Upright shall dwell in the 
 Land, and the Perfect shall remain in it. 
 
 Prov. X. 29. The Way of the Lord is 
 Strength to the Upright. 
 ^ Prov. XL 3. The Integrity of the Up- 
 right shall guide them. 
 
 yer. 6. The Righteousness of the Up- 
 right shall deliver them. 
 
 l^er. 20. Such as are upright in their 
 Way are his Delight. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 6. Righteousness keepeth 
 him that is upright in the Way. 
 
 Prov. xii. 22. They that deal truly, are 
 his Delight. 
 
 Prov. XV. 8. The Prayer of the Upright 
 is his Delight. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 18. The Wicked shall be a 
 Ransom for the Righteous, and the Trans- 
 gressor for the Upright. 
 
 Prov.xxvm. 10. Whoso causeth the Right- 
 eous to g-o astray in an evil Way, he shall 
 fall himself into his own Pit; but the Up- 
 right shall have good Things in Possession. 
 
 l^er. 18. Whoso walketh uprightly shall 
 be saved. 
 
 Fer. 20. A faithful Man shall abound 
 with Blessings. 
 
 I Jo/iu iii. 21. If our Heart condemn us 
 not, then have we Confidence towards God. 
 
 Pom.
 
 Promises to the Love of God. 157 
 
 Rom. xiv. 22. Happy is he that con- 
 demneth not himself in that Thing which 
 he alloweth. 
 
 Mic. ii. 7. Do not my Words do good 
 to him that walketh uprightly ? 
 
 V. 
 
 To the Love of God. 
 
 Exod. XX. 6. Shewing Mercy unto 
 Thousands of them that love me, and keep 
 my Commandments. 
 
 Deut. vii. 9. God keepeth Covenant 
 and Mercy with them that love him, unto a 
 thousand Generations. 
 
 Jtidg. V. 31. Let them that love him be 
 as the Sun, when he goeth forth in his 
 Might. 
 
 Neh. i. 5. God keepeth Covenant and 
 Mercy for them that love him. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 4. Delight thyself in the 
 Lord, and he shall give thee the Desire of 
 thine Heart. 
 
 Ps. xci. 14. Because he hath set his 
 Love upon me, therefore will I deliver him. 
 
 Ps. cxlv. 20. The Lord preserveth all 
 them that love him, 
 
 Ro7Ji. viii. 28. All Things work together 
 for Good to them that love God. 
 
 I Co7'. ii. 9. Eye hath not seen, nor Ear 
 heard, neither have entered into the Heart 
 of Man, the Things which God hath pre- 
 pared for them that love him. 
 
 I Cor.
 
 158 Promises to the Love of Christ. 
 
 I Cor. viii, 3. If any Man love God, 
 the same is known of him. 
 
 Jam, ii. 5. Heirs of the Kingdom, which 
 he hath promised them that love him. 
 
 Deut. xi. 13. And it shall come to pass, 
 if you hearken diligently to my Command- 
 ments, which I command you this Day, to 
 love the Lord your God, and to serve 
 him with all your Heart, and with all your 
 Soul ; 
 
 Ver. 14. That I will give you the Rain 
 of your Land in his due Season, the first 
 Rain, and the latter Rain, that thou mayest 
 gather In thy Corn, and thy Wine, and 
 thine Oil. 
 
 Dan. Ix. 4. O Lord, the great and 
 dreadful God, keeping the Covenant, and 
 Mercy to them that love him, and to them 
 that keep his Commandments. 
 To the Love of Prov. viii. 1 7. I love 
 
 Christ. them that love me. 
 
 Ver. 21. That I may cause those that 
 love me to inherit Substance, and I will fill 
 their Treasures. 
 
 JohnyXv. 21. He that loveth me, shall 
 be loved of my Father ; and I will love him, 
 and will manifest myself to him. 
 
 Eph. vi. 24. Grace be with all them that 
 love our Lord Jesus Christ in Sincerity. 
 
 Jam. i. 12. The Crown of Life, which 
 he hath promised to them that love him. 
 
 2 Tim.
 
 Promises to Trusting in God. i 59 
 
 2 Tim. iv. 8. The Crown of Righteous- 
 ness, which the Lord the righteous Judge 
 shall give— to them that love his appearing. 
 
 VI. 
 
 To Trusting, and Hoping in. and 
 patiently Waiting on God. 
 
 Ps. ii. 1 2. Blessed are all they that put 
 their Trust in him. 
 
 Ps. xxvii, 14. Wait on the Lord ; be of 
 good Courage, and he will strengthen thy 
 Heart : Wait, I say, on the Lord. 
 
 Ps. xxvi. I. I have trusted in the Lord, 
 therefore I shall not slide. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 30. He is a Buckler to all 
 those that trust in him. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 19. O how great is thy Good- 
 ness, which thou hast laid up for them that 
 fear thee ! which thou hast wrought for 
 them that trust in thee, before the Sons of 
 Men ! 
 
 Ver. 24. Be of good Courage, and he 
 shall strengthen your Heart, all ye that 
 hope in the Lord. 
 
 Ps. xxxii. 10. He that trusteth in the 
 Lord, INIercy shall compass him about. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 8. O taste and see that the 
 Lord is good : Blessed is the Man that 
 trusteth in him, Ps. Ixxxiv. 12. 
 
 Ps. xxxiv. 22. The Lord redeemeth 
 the Soul of his Servants, and none of them 
 that trust in him shall be desolate. 
 
 Ps.
 
 i6o Promises to Trustinsr in God 
 
 & 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 3. Trust in the Lord, and 
 do good : So shalt thou dwell in the Land; 
 and verily thou shalt be fed. 
 
 Ver. 9. Those that wait upon the Lord, 
 they shall inherit the Earth. 
 
 Ver. 40. The Lord shall help and 
 deliver them : He will deliver them from 
 the Wicked, and save them, because they 
 trust in him. 
 
 Ps. xl, 4. Blessed is the Man that maketh 
 the Lord his Trust, and respecteth not the 
 Proud, nor such as turn aside to Lies. 
 
 Ps. Ivi. 4. In God will I praise his 
 Word; in God I have put my Trust: I 
 will not fear what Flesh can do unto me. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 7. He shall not be afraid of 
 evil Tidings ; his Heart is fixed, trusting in 
 the Lord. 
 
 Ver. 8. His Heart is established, he 
 shall not be afraid, till he see his Desire 
 upon his Enemies. 
 
 Ps. cxxv. I. Thev that trust in the 
 Lord shall be as Mount Zion, which 
 cannot be removed for ever. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 5. Happy is he that hath the 
 Goj) ("ii Jacob for his Help, whose Hope is 
 in the Lord his God. 
 
 Pj'ov. xvi. 3. Commit thy Works unto 
 the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be 
 established. 
 
 Ver. 20. Whoso trusteth in the Lord, 
 happy is he. 
 
 Prov.
 
 Promises to Trusting in God. i6i 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 25. He that putteth his 
 Trust in the Lord, shall be made fat. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 25. Whoso putteth his Trust 
 in the Lord, shall be safe. 
 
 Is. XXV. 9. Lo ! this is our God, we have 
 waited for him, and he will save us : This is 
 the Lord, we have waited for him, we will 
 be glad, and rejoice in his Salvation. 
 
 Is. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep him in per- 
 fect Peace, whose Mind is stayed on thee ; 
 because he trusteth in thee. 
 
 Ver. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever ; 
 for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting 
 Strength. 
 
 Is. XXX. 15. In Returning and Rest 
 shall ye be saved ; in Quietness and in 
 Confidence shall be your Strength. 
 
 Ver. 18. Blessed are all they that wait 
 for him. 
 
 Is. xlix. 23. They shall not be ashamed 
 that wait for me. 
 
 /5. Ivii. 13. He that putteth his Trust in 
 me, shall possess the Land, and inherit my 
 holy Mountain, 
 
 Jer. xvii. 7. Blessed is the Man that 
 trusteth in the Lord, and whose Hope the 
 Lord is. 
 
 Ver. 8. For he shall be as a Tree planted 
 by the Waters, and that spreadeth out her 
 Roots by the River, and shall not see when 
 Heat cometh, but her Leaf shall be green ; 
 and shall not be careful in the Year of 
 
 L Drought,
 
 1 62 Promises to the Fear of God. 
 
 Drought, neither shall cease from yielding 
 Fruit. 
 
 Neh. i. 7. The Lord knoweth them 
 that trust in him. 
 
 Lam. iii. 25. The Lord is good unto 
 them that wait for him, to the Soul that 
 seeketh him. 
 
 Ver. 26. It is good that a Man should 
 both hope, and quietly wait for the Salva- 
 tion of the Lord. 
 
 Mic. vii. 7. I will look unto the Lord, 
 I will wait for the God of my Salvation ; 
 my God will hear me. 
 
 I Pet. V. 7. Cast all your Care upon 
 him, for he careth for you. 
 
 Rom. viii. 24. We are saved by Hope. 
 
 VII. 
 
 To the Fear of God. 
 
 Ps. XXV. 14. The Secret of the Lord 
 is with them that fear him, and he will 
 shew them his Covenant. 
 
 Ps. xxxi. 19. O how great is thy Good- 
 ness, which thou hast laid up for them that 
 fear thee ! 
 
 Ps. Ixxxv. 9. Surely his Salvation is 
 nigh them that fear him. 
 
 Ps. ciii. II. As the Heaven is high 
 above the Earth, so great is his Mercy 
 toward them that fear him. 
 
 Ps. cxv. 13. He will bless them that 
 fear the Lord, both small and great. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises to the Fear of God, i 63 
 
 Ps. cxxviii. I, Blessed is every one that 
 feareth the Lord, that walketh in his 
 Ways. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. II. The Lord taketh Plea- 
 sure in them that fear him. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 27. The Fear of the Lord is 
 a Fountain of Life, to depart from the 
 Snares of Death. 
 
 Ver, 26. In the Fear of the Lord is 
 strong Confidence, and his Children shall 
 have a Place of Refuge. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 6. By the Fear of the Lord 
 Men depart from Evil. 
 
 Prov. iii. 7. Be not wise in thine own 
 Eyes : Fear the Lord, and depart from 
 Evil. 
 
 Ver. 8. It shall be Health to thy Navel, 
 and Marrow to thy Bones. 
 
 Prov. xix. 23. The Fear of the Lord 
 tendeth to Life, and he that hath it shall 
 abide satisfied : He shall not be visited 
 with Iwil. 
 
 Eccl. viii. 12. It shall be well with them 
 that fear God, which fear before him. 
 
 Mai. iv. 2. Unto you that fear my Name, 
 shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with 
 Healing" in his Wings. 
 
 Luke i. 50. His Mercy is on them that 
 fear him, from Generation to Generation. 
 
 Acts x. 35. In every Nation, he that 
 feareth him, and worketh Righteousness, 
 is accepted with him. 
 
 Acts
 
 164 Promises to Prayer. 
 
 Acts xiii. 26. Whosoever among you 
 feareth God, to you is the Word of this 
 Salvation sent. 
 
 I Sam. ii. 30. Them that 
 Honouring honour me I will honour, 
 
 GOD. Prov. iii. 9. Honour the 
 
 Lord with thy Substance, and 
 with the First-Fruits of all thine Increase. 
 
 Ver. 10. So shall thy Barns be filled 
 with Plenty, and thy Presses shall burst 
 out with new Wine. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 To Prayer. 
 
 fob xxxiii. 26. He shall pray unto God, 
 and he shall be favourable unto him, and 
 he shall see his Face with Joy. 
 
 Exod. xxxiv. 24. Neither shall any Man 
 desire thy Land, when thou shalt go up to 
 appear before the Lord thy God, thrice in 
 the Year. 
 
 Deut. iv. 7. What Nation is there so 
 great, who hath God so nigh unto them, 
 as the Lord our God is in all Things that 
 we call upon him for ? 
 
 Ps. X. 17. Lord, thou hast heard the 
 Desire of the Humble : Thou wilt prepare 
 thine Heart ; thou wilt cause thine Ear to 
 hear. 
 
 Ps. vi. 9. The Lord hath heard my 
 Supplication ; the Lord will receive my 
 Prayer. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises to Prayer. 165 
 
 Ps. xviii. 3. I will call upon the Lord, 
 who is worthy to be praised ; so shall I be 
 saved from mine enemies. 
 
 Ps. Iv. 17. Evening, Morning, and at 
 Noon will I pray, and cry aloud, and he 
 shall hear my voice. 
 
 Ps. Ixxiii. 28. It is good for me to draw 
 near to God. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxvi. 5. Thou, Lord, art good, 
 and ready to forgive, and plenteous in 
 Mercy to all them that call upon thee. 
 
 Ver. 7. In the day of my Trouble, I 
 will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer 
 me. 
 
 Ps. cxlv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto all 
 them that call upon him ; to all that call 
 upon him in Truth. 
 
 Jer. xxxiii. 3. Call unto me, and I will 
 answer thee, and shew thee great and 
 mighty Things, which thou knowest not. 
 
 JoelW. 32. Whosoever shall call upon 
 the Name of the Lord, shall be delivered. 
 
 Rom. X. 12. The same Lord over all, 
 is rich unto all that call upon him. 
 
 Ver. 1 3. For whosoever shall call upon 
 the Name of the Lord shall be saved. 
 
 Jam. iv. 8. Draw nigh to God, and he 
 will draw nigh to you. 
 
 Job xxii. 21. Acquaint thyself with him, 
 and be at Peace ; for thereby Good shall 
 come unto thee. 
 
 % 
 
 Ezek.
 
 1 66 Promises to Seeking God. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 2il- I will yet for this be 
 enquired of by the House of Israet, to do 
 it for them ; I will increase them with Men 
 like a Flock. 
 
 Heb. iv. 14. Seeing then that we have 
 a great High Priest, that is passed into the 
 Heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us 
 hold fast our Profession. 
 
 Ver. 15. For we have not an High Priest 
 which cannot be touched with the Feeling 
 of our Infirmities ; but was in all Points 
 tempted like as we are, yet without Sin. 
 
 Ver. 16. Let us therefore come boldly 
 unto the Throne of Grace, that we may 
 obtain Mercy, and find Grace to help in 
 Time of Need. See Promises of Hearing 
 Prayer, Part I. Chap. HI. Sect. VI. 
 
 Deut. iv. 29. If thou shalt 
 To seeking seek the Lord thy God, thou 
 
 GOD. shalt find him ; if thou seek 
 
 him with all thy Heart, and 
 with all thy Soul. 
 
 I Chron. xxviii. 9. If thou seek him, he 
 will be found of thee. 
 
 Job viii. 5. If thou wouldst seek unto 
 God betimes, and make thy Supplication 
 unto the Almighty ; 
 
 Ver. 6. If thou wert pure and upright, 
 surely now he would awake for thee, and 
 make the Habitation of thy Righteousness 
 prosperous. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises to Secret Prayer. 167 
 
 Ps. ix. 10. Thou, Lord, hast not for- 
 saken them that seek thee. 
 
 Ps, Ixix. 32. Your Heart shall live, that 
 seek God. 
 
 Is. xlv. 19. I said not unto the Seed of 
 Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. 
 
 Jer. xxix. 1 3. Ye shall seek me, and find 
 me, when ye shall search for me with all 
 your Heart. 
 
 Hos. X. 1 2. Seek the Lord till he come, 
 and rain Righteousness upon you. 
 
 Amos V. 4. Seek ye me, and ye shall live. 
 
 Lam, iii. 25. The Lord is good unto 
 them that wait for him : unto the Soul that 
 seeketh him. 
 
 Acts xvii. 27. That they should seek 
 the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, 
 and find him. 
 
 Heb, xi. 6. He that cometh to God, must 
 believe that he is ; and that he is a Re- 
 warder of all them that diligently seek him. 
 
 2 Chron. xv. 2. The Lord is with you, 
 while ye be with him ; if ye seek him, he 
 will be found of you. 
 
 Ezra viii. 22. The Hand of our God is 
 upon all them for Good that seek him. 
 
 Matt, vi. 6. Thou, when 
 Secret Prayer, thou pray est, enter into thy 
 Closet, and when thou hast 
 shut the Door pray to thy Father, which is 
 in secret ; and thy Father which seeth in 
 secret, shall reward thee openly. 
 
 Ps.
 
 1 68 Promises to Desires of Grace. 
 
 Ps. Ixix. 30. I will praise 
 Praismg GOD. the Name of God with a 
 
 Song, and will magnify 
 him with Thankso-ivinsf. 
 
 Ver. 31. This also shall please the Lord 
 better than an Ox or Bullock, that hath 
 Horns and Hoofs. 
 
 Ps. xcii. I. It is a good Thing to give 
 Thanks unto the Lord, and to sing Praises 
 unto thy Name, O Most High! 
 
 Ver. 2. To shew forth thy Loving- 
 kindness in the Morning, and thy Faithful- 
 ness every Night. 
 
 Ps. cxxxv. 3. Praise ye the Lord, for 
 the Lord is good : Sing Praises unto his 
 Name, for it is pleasant. 
 r^ • r Matt. V. 6. Blessed are 
 
 ^ -^ they which do hunger and 
 thirst after Righteousness ; 
 for they shall be filled. 
 
 Is. Iv. I. Ho, every one that thirsteth, 
 come ye to the Waters, and he that hath no 
 Money, Come ye, buy and eat ; yea, come, 
 buy Wine and Milk, without Money, and 
 without Price. 
 
 John vii. 'i,']. Jesus stood, and cried, 
 saying, If any Man thirst, let him come 
 unto me, and drink. 
 
 Ver. 38. He that believeth on me, as 
 the Scripture hath said, out of his Belly 
 shall flow Rivers of Water. 
 
 Rev.
 
 Promises to the Wise. 169 
 
 Rev. xxi. 6. I am Alpha and Omega, 
 the Beginning and the End : I will give 
 unto him that is athirst, of the Fountain of 
 the Water of Life freely. 
 
 Rev. xxii. 1 7. And let him that is athirst, 
 come ; and whosoever will, let him take the 
 Water of Life freely. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxi. 10. Open thy Mouth wide, 
 and I will fill it. 
 
 IX. 
 
 To Wisdom and Knowledge, and 
 the Study of it. 
 
 Prov. in. 13. Happy is the 
 To the Wise. Man that findeth Wisdom ; 
 and the Man that getteth 
 Understanding. 
 
 Ver. 14. For the Merchandize of it is 
 better than the Merchandize of Silver, and 
 the Gain thereof than fine Gold. 
 
 Ver. 15. She is more precious than 
 Rubies : and all the Things thou canst 
 desire, are not to be compared unto her. 
 
 Ver. 16. Length of Days is in her 
 Right Hand ; and in her Left Hand Riches 
 and Honour. 
 
 Ver. 17. Her Ways are Ways of Plea- 
 santness, and all her Paths are Peace. 
 
 Ver. 18. She is a Tree of Life to them 
 that lay hold upon her ; and happy is every 
 one that retaineth her. 
 
 Ver.
 
 170 Promises to the Wise. 
 
 Ver. 35. The Wise shall inherit Glory. 
 
 Prov. iv. 6. Forsake her not, and she 
 shall preserve thee : Love her, and she 
 shall keep thee. 
 
 Ver. 8. Exalt her, and she shall promote 
 thee : She shall bring thee to Honour, 
 when thou dost embrace her, 
 
 Ver. 9. She shall give to thine Head 
 an Ornament of Grace ; a crown of Glory 
 shall she deliver to thee. 
 
 Prov. i. 5. A wise Man will hear, and 
 will increase Learning ; and a Man of Un- 
 derstanding shall attain unto wise Counsels: 
 
 Ver. 6. To understand a Proverb, and 
 the Interpretation ; the Words of the Wise, 
 and their dark Sayings. 
 
 Prov. viii. 35. Whoso findeth me, \Wis- 
 doni\ findeth Life, and shall obtain Favour 
 of the Lord. 
 
 Prov. ix. 12. If thou be wise, thou shalt 
 be wise for thyself. 
 
 P7'ov. X. 17. He is in the Way of Life, 
 that keepeth Instruction ; but he that 
 refuseth Reproof, erreth. 
 
 Prov. xii. 8. A Man shall be commended 
 according to his Wisdom. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 15. Good Understanding 
 gives Favour. 
 
 Prov. XV. 24. The Way of Life is above 
 to the Wise, that he may depart from Hell 
 beneath. 
 
 Prov.
 
 Promises to the Wise. 171 
 
 Prov. xix. 8. He that getteth Wisdom, 
 loveth his own Soul : He that keepeth 
 Understanding, shall find Good. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 20. He that handleth a 
 Matter wisely, shall find Good. 
 
 Ver. 22. Understanding is a Well-spring 
 of Life to him that hath it. 
 
 Prov. xi. 29. The Fool shall be Servant 
 to the Wise in Heart. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 20. There is a Treasure to 
 be desired, and Oil in the Dwelling of the 
 Wise. 
 
 Prov. xxiv. 3. Through Wisdom is an 
 House builded, and by Understanding it is 
 established : 
 
 Ver. 4. And by Knowledge shall the 
 Chambers be filled with all precious and 
 pleasant Riches. 
 
 Ver. 5. A wise Man is strong ; yea, a 
 Man of Knowledge increaseth Strength. 
 
 Ver. 13. My Son, eat thou Honey, be- 
 cause it is good ; and the Honey-comb, 
 which is sweet to thy Taste. 
 
 Ver. 14. So shall the Knowledge of 
 Wisdom be unto thy Soul : When thou 
 hast found it, then there shall be a Reward, 
 and thy Expectation shall not be cut off. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 26. Whoso walketh wisely, 
 shall be delivered. 
 
 Eccl. viii. I. A Man's Wisdom maketh 
 his Face to shine, and the Boldness of his 
 Face shall be changed. 
 
 Eccl.
 
 172 Promises to the Love ^/"Wisdom. 
 
 EccL vii. 1 2. Wisdom is a Defence, and 
 Money is a Defence ; but the Excellency 
 of Knowledge is, that Wisdom giveth Life 
 to them that have it. 
 
 Dan. ii. 21. He giveth Wisdom unto 
 the Wise, and Knowledge to them that 
 know Understanding. 
 
 Dan. xii. 3. They that be wise shall 
 shine as the Brightness of the Firmament. 
 
 Ver. 10. The Wise shall understand. 
 
 Hos. xiv. 9. Who is wise, and he shall 
 understand these Things ? Prudent, and 
 he shall know them ? 
 
 Ps. cvii. 43. Whoso is wise, and will 
 observe these Things, even they shall 
 understand the Loving-kindness of the 
 Lord. 
 
 Bccl.x. 10. Wisdom is profitable to direct. 
 
 'T f] T r. Prov. ii. 3. If thou criest 
 
 J c^i J jr after Knowledo^e, and liftest 
 and Study of .v, at- • r tt j . j 
 
 TjT- , -^ -^ up thy Voice lor Understand- 
 
 Wisdom. . ^ ^ 
 
 Ver. 4. If thou seekest her as Silver, and 
 searchest for her as for hid Treasures ; 
 
 Ver. 5. Then shalt thou understand the 
 Fear of the Lord, and find the Knowledge 
 of God. 
 
 Prov. iv. 13. Take fast hold of Instruc- 
 tion, let her not go, keep her, for she is 
 thy Life. 
 
 Prov. viii. 17. I love them that love me, 
 and those that seek me early shall find me. 
 
 Prov.
 
 Promises to the Knowledge ^/"God. 173 
 
 Prov. xix. 20. Hear Counsel, and re- 
 ceive Instruction, that thou may est be wise 
 in thy latter End. 
 
 Hos. yi. 3. Then shall we know, if we 
 follow on to know the Lord. 
 
 2 Chroii. i. 1 1. And God said to Solomon, 
 Because this was in thy Heart, and thou 
 hast not asked Riches, Wealth, or Honour, 
 nor the Life of thine Enemies, neither yet 
 hast thou asked long Life ; but hast asked 
 Wisdom and Knowledge for thyself, that 
 thou mayest judge my People, over whom 
 I have made thee King : 
 
 Ver. 12. Wisdom and Knowledge is 
 
 granted unto thee ; and I will give thee 
 
 Riches, and Wealth, and Honour. 
 
 ^ ^j T^ J J Ps.xci. 14. I will set 
 
 J tke Know leasee 1 . 1, • i u i 
 
 /■^ / tr-7 -1 him on hiorh because he 
 of GoaanciLhrist. 1 ^1 , ^ tvt ^ 
 
 •^ hath known my Name. 
 
 John xvii. 3. And this is Life eternal, 
 that they may know thee the only true 
 God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast 
 sent. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 2. Grace and Peace be multi- 
 plied unto you, through the Knowledge of 
 God, and of Jesus our Lord. 
 
 Ver. 3. According as his divine Power 
 hath given unto us all Things that pertain 
 unto Life and Godliness, through the 
 Knowledge of him that hath called us to 
 Glory and Virtue. 
 
 Matt.
 
 174 Promises to Hearing the Word. 
 
 Matt. xi. 29. Take my Yoke 
 
 To learning upon you, and learn of me, 
 
 of Christ. for I am meek and lowly in 
 
 Heart ; and ye shall find Rest 
 
 unto your Souls. 
 
 X. 
 
 To a due Regard to the Word ^God. 
 
 ™ jj . Prov. viii. 34. Blessed is 
 
 To Hearing ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ \,^'^x^x^ me, 
 
 and Reading ^^^.^ing daily at my Gates, 
 
 the Word ^^■^•^^^\, ,he Posts of my 
 
 Doors. 
 
 Is. ii. 3. Come ye, and let us go up to 
 
 the Mountain of the Lord, to the House 
 
 of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us 
 
 of his Ways, and we will walk in his Paths. 
 
 Is. Iv. 2. Hearken diligently unto me, 
 
 and eat ye that which is good, and let your 
 
 Soul delight itself in Fatness. 
 
 Ver. 3. Incline your Ear, and come unto 
 me ; hear, and your Soul shall live : And 
 I will make an everlasting Covenant with 
 you, even the sure Mercies of David. 
 
 Ver. 10. For as the Rain cometh down, 
 and the Snow from Heaven, and returneth 
 not thither, but watereth the Earth, and 
 maketh it bring forth and bud that it may 
 give Seed to the Sower, and Bread to the 
 Eater ; 
 
 Ver. II. So shall my Word be, that 
 goeth forth out of my Mouth ; it shall not 
 
 return
 
 Promises to Hearing the Word. 175 
 
 return unto me void, but it shall accomplish 
 that which I please, and it shall prosper in 
 the Thing whereto I sent it. 
 
 Ver. 12. For ye shall go out with Joy, 
 and be led forth with Peace. 
 
 John V, 39. Search the Scriptures, for 
 in them ye think ye have eternal Life ; 
 and they are they which testify of me. 
 
 Mark iv. 24. Unto you that hear, shall 
 more be given. 
 
 Ver. 25. For he that hath, to him shall 
 be given ; and he that hath not, from him 
 shall be taken even that which he hath. 
 
 Rom.\. 16. The Gospel of Christ is the 
 Power of God unto Salvation, to every one 
 that believeth. 
 
 Rom. X. 17. Faith cometh by Hearing, 
 and Hearing by the Word of God. 
 
 1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased God, by the 
 Foolishness of Preaching, to save them 
 that believe. 
 
 Jam. i. 21. Wherefore lay apart all 
 Filthiness, and Superfluity of Naughtiness, 
 and receive with Meekness the ingrafted 
 Word, which is able to save your Souls. 
 
 2 Pet. i. 19. We have also a more sure 
 Word of Prophecy ; whereunto ye do well 
 that ye take heed, as unto a light shining 
 in a dark Place, until the Day dawn, and 
 the day star arise in your Hearts. 
 
 Rev. i. 3. Blessed is he that readeth, and 
 they that hear the Words of this Prophecy, 
 
 and
 
 176 Promises to Hearing the Word. 
 
 and keep those Things which are written 
 therein, 
 
 2 Ti7n. iii. 15. The Holy Scriptures, 
 which are able to make thee wise unto Sal- 
 vation, through Faith which is in Christ 
 Jesus. 
 
 Heb. iv. 12. For the Word of God is 
 quick and powerful, and sharper than any 
 two-edged Sword, piercing even to the 
 dividing asunder of the Soul and Spirit, 
 and of the Joints and Marrow, and is a 
 Discerner of the Thoughts and Intents of 
 the Heart. 
 
 Ps. xix. 7. The Law of the Lord is 
 perfect, converting the Soul ; the Testi- 
 mony of the Lord is sure, making wise the 
 Simple. 
 
 Ver. 8. The Statutes of the Lord are 
 right, rejoicing the Heart ; the Command- 
 ment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the 
 Eyes. 
 
 Ver. II. Moreover, by them is thy 
 Servant warned ; and in keeping of them 
 there is great Reward. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 105. Thy Word is a Lamp 
 unto my Feet, and a Light unto my Path. 
 
 Ver. 130. The Entrance of thy Words 
 giveth Light, it giveth Understanding unto 
 the Simple. 
 
 Prov. vi. 23. The Commandment is a 
 Lamp, and the Law is a Light, and Reproofs 
 of Instruction are the Way of Life. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises to Meditation. 177 
 
 Ps. cxix. 165. Great Peace 
 Loving the have they which love thy 
 Word. Law, and nothing shall offend 
 
 them. 
 
 Ps. cxii. I. Blessed is the Man that 
 feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly 
 in his Commandments. 
 
 I Pet. ii. 2. As new-born Babes desire 
 the sincere Milk of the Word, that ye may 
 grow thereby. 
 -/- Lf J. Prov. xiii. 13. He that 
 
 2 iv'fd ^^^'^^^ ^^^ Commandment, 
 shall be rewarded. 
 
 Is. Ixvi. 2. To this Man 
 will I look, even to him that is poor, and 
 of a contrite Spirit, and trembleth at my 
 Word. 
 
 XL 
 
 To Meditation. 
 
 Deut. xi. 1 8. Ye shall lay up these Words 
 in your Heart, and in your Soul, and bind 
 them for a Sign upon your Hand, that they 
 may be as Frontlets between your Eyes. 
 
 Ver. 21. That your Days may be 
 multiplied, and the Days of your Children 
 in the Land which the Lord sware unto 
 your Fathers to give them, as the Days of 
 Heaven upon the Earth. 
 
 Josh. i. 8. This Book of the Law shall 
 not depart out of thy Mouth, but thou shalt 
 meditate therein Day and Night, that thou 
 
 M mayest
 
 178 Promises to Meditation. 
 
 mayest observe to do according to all that 
 is written therein : For then shalt thou 
 make thy Way prosperous, and then thou 
 shalt have o;"ood Success. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 9. Wherewith shall a young 
 Man cleanse his Way ? By taking heed 
 thereto, according to thy Word. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 31. The Law of God is in 
 his Heart ; none of his Steps shall slide. 
 
 Ps. i. 2. His delight is in the Law of 
 the Lord, and in his Law doth he meditate 
 Day and Night. 
 
 Ver. 3. And he shall be like a Tree 
 planted by the Rivers of Water, that 
 bringeth forth his Fruit in his Season : His 
 Leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever 
 he doth shall prosper. 
 
 Ps. Ixiii. 5. My Soul shall be satisfied 
 as with Marrow and Fatness, and my 
 Mouth shall praise thee with joyful Lips ; 
 
 Ver. 6. W^hen I remember thee upon 
 my Bed, and meditate on thee in the Night- 
 watches. 
 
 Ps. ciii. 17. The Mercy of the Lord is 
 from Everlasting to Everlasting, upon them 
 that fear him ; and his Righteousness to 
 Children's Children : 
 
 Ver. 18. To such as keep his Covenant, 
 and to those that remember his Command- 
 ments to do them. 
 
 Prov.
 
 Promises to Fasting, &c. 179 
 
 Prov. iv. 26. Ponder the Path of thy 
 Feet, and let all thy Ways be established 
 \or, All thy Ways shall be ordered aright] 
 
 Prov. xiv. 22. Mercy and Truth shall be 
 to them that devise Good. 
 
 Is. Ixiv. 5. Thou meetest him that re- 
 joiceth and worketh Righteousness, those 
 that remember thee in thy Ways. 
 
 XII. 
 
 To Fasting. 
 
 Joelxx. 15. Blow the Trumpet in Sion, 
 sanctify a Fast, call a solemn Assembly. 
 
 Ver, 16, Gather the People, sanctify 
 the Congregation ; assemble the Elders ; 
 gather the Children, and those that suck 
 the Breasts ; let the Bridegroom go forth 
 of his Chamber, and the Bride out of her 
 Closet. 
 
 Ver. 17. Let the Priests, the Ministers 
 of the Lord, weep between the Porch and 
 the Altar, and let them say. Spare thy 
 People, O Lord, &c. 
 
 Ver. 18. Then will the Lord be jealous 
 
 for his Land, and pity his People. 
 
 c. - • • Matt.vi.i'i. Thou, when 
 
 rastino- m . c . J • .. \i • 
 
 f^. thou fastest, anomt thme 
 
 Head, and wash thy Face. 
 
 Ver. 1 8. That thou appear 
 
 not to Men to fast, but unto thy Father 
 
 which is in secret ; and thy Father which 
 
 seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 
 
 XIII.
 
 i8o Promises to Baptism. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 To Baptism. 
 
 Mark xvi. i6. He that believeth, and 
 is baptized, shall be saved. 
 
 Acts ii. 38. Repent, and be baptized, 
 every one of you, in the Name of Jesus 
 Christ, for the Remission of Sins, and ye 
 shall receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Acts xxii. 16, Arise, and be baptized, 
 and wash away thy Sins, calling upon the 
 Name of the Lord. 
 
 Rom. vi. 3. Know ye not, that as many 
 of us as were Baptized into Jesus Christ, 
 were baptized into his Death ? 
 
 Ver. 4. Therefore we are buried with 
 him by Baptism into Death ; that like as 
 Christ was raised up from the Dead by the 
 Glory of the Father, even so we also should 
 walk in Newness of Life. 
 
 I Cor. xii. 13. By one vSpirit we are 
 all baptized into one Body, whether we be 
 Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or 
 free. 
 
 Gal. iii. 27. For as many of you as have 
 been baptized into Christ, have put on 
 Christ. 
 
 CoL ii. 12. Buried with him in Baptism, 
 wherein also you are risen with him through 
 the Faith of the Operation of God, who 
 hath raised him from the Dead. 
 
 I Pet.
 
 Promises to the Lord'vS Supper. i8i 
 
 I Pet. iii. 20. Wherein \i.e. the Ark] few, 
 that is, Eight Souls, were saved by Water. 
 
 Ver. 21. The like Figure whereunto even 
 Baptism doth also now save us (not the 
 putting away of the Filth of the Flesh, but 
 the Answer of a good Conscience towards 
 God) by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 To the Lord's Supper. 
 
 Matt. xxvi. 26. Jesus took Bread and 
 blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the 
 Disciples, and said. Take, eat : this is my 
 Body. 
 
 Ver. 27. And he took the Cup, and 
 gave Thanks, and gave it to them, saying, 
 Drink ye all of it : 
 
 Ver. 28. For this is my Blood of the 
 New Testament, which is shed for many, 
 for the Remission of Sins. 
 
 1 Cor. X. 16. The Cup of Blessing, 
 which we bless, is it not the Communion of 
 the Blood of Christ ? The Bread which we 
 break, is it not the Communion of the 
 Body of Christ ? 
 
 I Cor. xii. 13, We have been all made 
 to drink into one Spirit. 
 
 /oh7i vi. 54. *Whoso eateth my Flesh, 
 and drinketh my Blood, hath eternal Life, 
 and I will raise him up at the last Day. 
 
 '''Though this be a figurative Expression of Faith 
 in Christ's Death, yet it is applicable to the particular 
 Exercise of it at the Lord's Table. 
 
 Ver,
 
 1 82 Promises to Good Discourse. 
 
 Ver. 55. For my Flesh is Meat indeed, 
 and my Blood is Drink indeed. 
 
 Ver. 56. He that eateth my Flesh, and 
 drinketh my Blood, dwelleth in me, and I 
 in him. 
 
 Ver. 57. As the living Father hath sent 
 me, and I live by the Father ; so he that 
 eateth me, even he shall live by me. 
 
 Ver. 63. It is the Spirit that quickeneth, 
 the Flesh profiteth nothing : The Words 
 that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and 
 they are Life, 
 
 Cant. ii. 3. I sat under his Shadow with 
 great Delight, and his Fruit was sweet to 
 my Taste. 
 
 Ver. 4. He brought me to the Banquet- 
 ing House, and his Banner over me was 
 Love. 
 
 Cant. V. I. Eat, O Friends ; drink, yea, 
 drink abundantly, O Bel'oved. 
 
 Is. XXV. 6. And in this Mountain shall 
 the Lord of Hosts make unto all People 
 a Feast of fat Things, a Feast of Wines on 
 the Lees, of fat Things full of Marrow, 
 of Wines on the Lees well refined. 
 
 XV. 
 
 To Good Discourse. 
 
 Prov. xii. 6. The Mouth of the Upright 
 shall deliver them. 
 
 Ver. 14. A Man shall be satisfied with 
 Good by the Fruit of his Mouth, and the 
 
 Re-
 
 Promises to Good Discourse. 183 
 
 Recompence of a Man's Hands shall be 
 rendered unto him. 
 
 Ver. 18. The Tongue of the Wise is 
 Health. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 2. And Man shall eat good 
 by the Fruit of his Mouth. 
 
 Prov. XV. 4. A wholesome Tongue is a 
 Tree of Life. 
 
 Ver. 23. A Man hath Joy by the 
 Answer of his Mouth, and a Word spoken 
 in due Season, how good is it ? 
 
 Pruv. XV i. 24. Pleasant Words are as 
 an Honey-Comb, sweet to the Soul, and 
 Health to the Bones. 
 
 Prov. xviii. 20. A Man's Belly shall be 
 satisfied with the Fruit of his Mouth ; and 
 with the Increase of his Lips shall he be 
 filled. 
 
 Ver. 21. Death and Life are in the 
 Power of the Tongue ; and they that love 
 it shall eat the Fruit thereof. 
 
 Mai. iii. 16. Then they that feared the 
 Lord spake often one to another, and the 
 Lord hearkened and heard it ; and a Book 
 of Remembrance was written before him, 
 for them that feared the Lord, and that 
 thought upon his Name. 
 
 Ver. 17. And they shall be mine, saith 
 the Lord of Hosts, in that Day when I 
 make up my Jewels ; and I will spare them 
 as a Man spareth his own Son, that serveth 
 him. 
 
 Prov.
 
 184 Promises to Watchfulness. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 3. He that 
 To the Govern- keepeth his Mouth, keep- 
 ment of the eth his Life. 
 
 Tongue. Prov. xiv. 3. The Lips 
 
 of the Wise shall preserve 
 them. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 23. Whoso keepeth his Mouth 
 and his Tongue, keepeth his Soul from 
 Trouble. 
 
 Matt. xii. i"]. By thy Words thou shalt 
 be justified, and by thy Words thou shalt 
 be condemned. 
 
 I Pet. iii. 10. He that will love Life, 
 and see good Days, let him refrain his 
 Tongue from Evil ; and his Lips, that they 
 speak no Guile. 
 
 XVL 
 
 To Watchfulness. 
 
 Luke xii. 37. Blessed are those Servants, 
 whom the Lord when he cometh shall find 
 watching : Verily I say unto you, that he 
 shall gird himself, and make them to sit 
 down to Meat, and will come forth and 
 serve them. 
 
 Ver. 38. And if he shall come in the 
 second Watch, or come in the third Watch, 
 and find them so, blessed are those Servants. 
 
 Rev. xvi. 15. Behold, I come as a 
 Thief ; Blessed is he that watcheth, and 
 keepeth his Garments, lest he walk naked, 
 and they see his Shame. 
 
 Prov.
 
 Promises to Performing their Oaths. 185 
 
 Prov. xxii, 5. Thorns and Snares are 
 in the Way of the Froward : He that doth 
 keep his Soul, shall be far from them, 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 14. Happy is the Man that 
 feareth alway ; but he that hardeneth his 
 Heart, shall fall into Mischief. 
 
 XVH. 
 
 To them that keep Good Company. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 20. He that walketh with 
 wise Men, shall be wise : But a Companion 
 of Fools shall be destroyed. 
 
 Prov. xxvii. 17. Iron sharpeneth Iron ; 
 so a Man sharpeneth the' Countenance of his 
 Friend. 
 
 Ps. i. I. Blessed is the 
 Avoid evil Man that walketh not in the 
 Company. Counsel of the Ungodly, nor 
 standeth in the Way of Sin- 
 ners, nor sitteth in the Seat of the Scornful. 
 
 Prov. ix. 6. Forsake the Foolish, and 
 live ; and go in the Way of Understanding. 
 
 2 Cor. vi. 17. Come ye out from among 
 them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, 
 and touch not the unclean Thing, and I will 
 receive you. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 To them that Perform their Oaths. 
 
 Ps. XV. I. Lord, who shall abide in thy 
 Tabernacle } Who shall dwell in thy holy 
 Hill? 
 
 Ver.
 
 1 86 Promises to Keeping the Sabbath. 
 
 Ver, 4. He that sweareth to his own 
 Hurt, and changeth not. 
 
 Ps. xxiv. 4. He who hath not Hft up his 
 Soul to Vanity, nor sworn deceitfully ; 
 
 Ver. 5. He shall receive the Blessing 
 from the Lord, and Righteousness from the 
 God of his Salvation. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 To the Keeping of the Sabbath. 
 
 Exod. XX. 1 1 . The Lord blessed the 
 Sabbath-day, and hallowed it. 
 
 Is. Ivi. 2. Blessed is the Man that doeth 
 this, and the Son of Man that layeth hold 
 on it : that keepeth the Sabbath from 
 polluting it, and keepeth his Hand from 
 doing any Evil. 
 
 Ver. 6. The Sons of the Stranger that 
 join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, 
 and to love the Name of the Lord, to 
 be his Servants ; every one that keepeth 
 the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh 
 hold of my Covenant : 
 
 Ver. 7. Even them will I bring to my 
 holy Mountain, and make them joyful in 
 my House of Prayer ; their Burnt-offerings 
 and their Sacrifices shall be accepted upon 
 mine Altar: For mine House shall be called 
 a House of Prayer unto all People. 
 
 Is. Iviii. 13. If thou turn away thy P'oot 
 from the Sabbath, from doing thy Pleasure 
 on my holy Day, and call the Sabbath a 
 
 Delight,
 
 Promises to Obedience, &c. 187 
 
 Delight, the Holy of the Lord,- honour- 
 able, and shalt honour him, not doing thine 
 own Ways, nor finding thine own Pleasure, 
 nor speaking thine own Words : 
 
 Ver. 14. Then shalt thou delight thy- 
 self in the Lord, and I will cause thee to 
 ride upon the high Places of the Earth, and 
 feed thee with the Heritage of Jacob thy 
 Father : For the Mouth of the Lord hath 
 spoken it. 
 
 Ezek. XX. 20. Hallow my Sabbaths, and 
 they shall be a Sign between me and you, 
 that ye may know that I am the Lord 
 your God. 
 
 
 CHAP. H. 
 
 Promises to Duties of the 
 Second Table. 
 
 I. 
 
 To Obedience to Parents. 
 
 fiPH. vi. I. Children obey your Parents 
 in the Lord ; for this is right. 
 Ver. 2. Honour thy Father and thy 
 
 Mother
 
 1 88 Promises to Obedience, &c. 
 
 Mother (which is the First Command- 
 ment with Promise). 
 
 Ve7''. 3. That it may be well with thee, 
 and that thou mayest live long on the 
 Earth. 
 
 Col. iii. 20. Children, obey your Parents 
 in all Things ; for this is well pleasing unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 I Tim. V. 4. But if any Widow have 
 Children, or Nephews, \Grand'Childrei{\ 
 let them learn to shew Piety at home, and 
 to requite their Parents ; for that is good 
 and acceptable before God, 
 
 Prov. i. 8. My Son, hear the Instruction 
 of thy Father ; and forsake not the Law of 
 thy Mother. 
 
 Ver. 9. For they shall be an Ornament 
 of Grace unto thy Head, and Chains about 
 thy Neck. 
 
 Prov. vi. 20. My Son, keep thy Father's 
 Commandment, and forsake not the Law 
 of thy Mother. 
 
 Ver. 21. Bind them continually upon 
 thine Heart, and tie them about thy Neck. 
 
 Ver. 22. When thou goest, it shall lead 
 thee ; when thou sleepest it shall keep thee ; 
 and when thou wakest, it shall talk with 
 thee. 
 
 Jer. XXXV. 18. Thus saith the Lord of 
 Hosts, the God oi Israel, Because ye have 
 obeyed the Commandment o{ Jonadab your 
 Father, and kept all his Precepts, and done 
 
 accord-
 
 Promises to Good Education. 189 
 
 according to all that he hath commanded 
 you ; 
 
 Ver. 19. Therefore thus saith the Lord 
 of Hosts, the God of Israel^ Jonadab shall 
 not want a Man to stand before me for 
 ever. 
 
 II. 
 
 To Good Education. 
 
 Deut. xi. 19. And ye shall teach them 
 your Children, speaking of them when thou 
 sittest in thine House, and when thou 
 walkest by the Way ; when thou liest down, 
 and when thou risest up. 
 
 Ver. 20. And thou shalt write them 
 upon the Door-Posts of thine House, and 
 upon thy Gates : 
 
 Ver. 21. That your Days may be mul- 
 tiplied, and the Days of your Children in 
 the Land which the Lord sware unto your 
 Fathers to give them, as the Days of Hea- 
 ven upon the Earth. 
 
 Gen. xviii. 19. For I know him \Abra- 
 havi] that he will command his Children 
 and his Household after him, and they shall 
 keep the Way of the Lord, to do Justice 
 and Judgment, that the Lord may bring 
 upon Abraham that which he hath spoken 
 of him. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 6. Train up a. Child in the 
 Way he should go ; and when he is old, he 
 will not depart from it. 
 
 Prov.
 
 I go Promises to a Good Wife. 
 
 ^ ^ . Prov.y^yXx.i^. Foolishness 
 
 r r-i -11 is bound in the Heart of a 
 ofChrldren. (,,^j,j . ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ 
 
 rection shall drive it far from him. 
 
 Prov. yjyX\\. 13. Withhold not Correction 
 from the Child ; for if thou beatest him 
 with the Rod, he shall not die. 
 
 Ver. 14. Thou shalt beat him with the 
 Rod, and shalt deliver his Soul from Hell. 
 
 Pi'ov. xxix. 15. The Rod and Reproof 
 give Wisdom ; but a Child left to himself, 
 bringeth his Mother to Shame. 
 
 Ver. 17. Correct thy Son, and he shall 
 give thee Rest : Yea, he shall give Delight 
 unto thy Soul. 
 
 HI. 
 To a Good Wife. 
 
 Prov. xi. 16. A gracious Woman retain- 
 eth Honour, and strong Men retain Riches. 
 
 Prov. xii. 4. A virtuous Woman is a 
 Crown to her Husband ; but she that 
 maketh ashamed, is as Rottenness in his 
 Bones. 
 
 Prov. xiv. I. Every wise Woman build- 
 eth her House. 
 
 Prov. xxxi. 10. Who can find a vir- 
 tuous Woman ? For her Price is far above 
 Rubies. 
 
 Ver. 25. Strength and Honour are her 
 Clothing, and she shall rejoice in Time to 
 come. 
 
 Ver,
 
 Promises to Faithful Servants, 191 
 
 Ver. 28. Her Children arise up, and 
 call her Blessed ; her Husband also, and 
 he praiseth her. 
 
 Ver. 30. Favour is deceitful, and Beauty 
 is vain ; but a Woman that feareth the 
 Lord, she shall be praised. 
 
 Ver. 31. Give her of the Fruit of her 
 Hands, and let her own Works praise her 
 in the Gates. 
 
 IV. 
 
 To Faithful Servants. 
 
 Prov. xvii. 2. A wise Servant shall have 
 Rule over a Son that causeth Shame ; and 
 shall have Part of the Inheritance among 
 the Brethren. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 35, The King's Favour is 
 toward a wise Servant. 
 
 Prov. xxvii. 18. Whoso keepeth the 
 Fig-tree, shall eat the Fruit thereof: So 
 he that waiteth on his Master, shall be 
 honoured. 
 
 Eph. vi. 5. Servants, be obedient to 
 them that are your Masters according to 
 the Flesh, with Fear and Trembling, in 
 Singleness of your Heart, as unto Christ : 
 
 Ver. 6. Not with Eye Service, as Men- 
 pleasers ; but as Servants of Christ, doing 
 the Will of God from the Heart. 
 
 Ver. 7. With Good will doing Service, 
 as to the Lord, and not unto Men : 
 
 Ver.
 
 192 Promises to Good Kings, &c. 
 
 Ver. 8. Knowing, that whatsoever good 
 Thing any Man doeth, the same shall he 
 receive of the Lord, whether he be bond 
 or free. 
 
 Col. iii. 2 2. Servants, obey in all Things 
 your Masters according to the Flesh, &c. 
 
 Ver. 24. Knowing that of the Lord ye 
 shall receive the Reward of the Inheritance: 
 For ye serve the Lord Christ, 
 
 V. 
 
 To Good Kings and Magistrates. 
 
 Deut. xvii. 18. And it shall be, when he 
 sitteth upon the Throne of his Kingdom, 
 that he shall write him a Copy of this Law, 
 in a Book out of that which is before the 
 Priests the Levites. 
 
 Ver. 19. And it shall be with him, and 
 he shall read therein all the Days of his 
 Life : that he may learn to fear the Lord 
 his God, to keep all the Words of this Law, 
 and these Statutes to do them : 
 
 Ver. 20. That his Heart be not lifted 
 up above his Brethren, and that he turn not 
 aside from the Commandment, to the 
 Right Hand, or to the Left ; to the End 
 that he may prolong his Days in his King- 
 dom, he and his Children, in the Midst of 
 Israel. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 1 2. The Throne is established 
 by Righteousness. 
 
 Prov. XX. 28. Mercy and Truth preserve 
 
 the
 
 Promises to Faithful Ministers. 193 
 
 the King, and his Throne is upholden by 
 Mercy. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 14. The King that faithfully 
 judges the Poor, his Throne shall be 
 established for ever. 
 
 Is. xxviii. 6. In that Day shall the Lord 
 of Hosts be for a Spirit of Judgment to 
 them that sit in Judgment, and for Strength 
 to them that turn the Battle at the Gate. 
 
 VI. 
 
 To Obedient Subjects. 
 
 I Pet. ii. 13. Submit yourselves to every 
 Ordinance of Man for the Lord's sake ; 
 whether it be to the King, as supreme ; 
 
 Ver. 14. Or unto Governors, as unto 
 them that are sent by him for the Punish- 
 ment of Evil-doers, and for the Praise of 
 them that do well. 
 
 Ver. 15. For so is the Will of God, 
 that with Well-doing you may put to 
 Silence the Ignorance of Foolish Men. 
 
 Eccl. viii. 5. Whoso keepeth the Com- 
 mandment \the Kings'] shall feel no evil 
 Thing ; and a wise Man's Heart dis- 
 cerneth both Time and Judgment. 
 
 VII. 
 
 To Faithful Ministers. 
 
 Luke xii. 42. Who is that faithful and 
 wise Steward whom his Lord shall make 
 
 N Ruler
 
 194 Promises to Faithful Ministers. 
 
 Ruler over his Household, to give them 
 their Portion of Meat in due Season ? 
 
 Ver. 43. Blessed is that Servant whom 
 his Lord, when he cometh, shall find so 
 doing. 
 
 Ver. 44. Of a Truth I say unto you, 
 that he will make him Ruler over all that 
 he hath. 
 
 Matt, xxviii. 20. Teaching them to 
 observe all Things whatsoever I have 
 commanded you : And, lo, I am with you 
 alway, even to the End of the World. 
 
 I Tim. iv. 16. Take heed unto thyself, 
 and to thy Doctrine ; continue in them : 
 For in doing this, thou shalt both save thy- 
 self, and them that hear thee. 
 
 I Pet. V. 2. The Elders which are 
 among you, I exhort, Feed the Flock of 
 God which is among you, taking the 
 Oversight thereof, not by Constraint, but 
 willingly ; not for filthy Lucre, but of a 
 ready Mind. 
 
 Ver. 3. Neither as being Lords over 
 God's Heritage, but being Ensamples to 
 the Flock : 
 
 Ver. 4. And when the chief Shepherd 
 shall appear, ye shall receive a Crown of 
 Glory that fadeth not away. 
 
 Dan. xii. 3. And they that be wise, shall 
 shine as the Brightness of the Firmament : 
 and they that turn many to Righteousness, 
 as the Stars, for ever and ever. 
 
 Is.
 
 Promises to Faithful Ministers. 195 
 
 Is. xxxii. 20. Blessed are ye that sow 
 beside all Waters, that sendeth forth thither 
 the Feet of the Ox and the Ass. 
 
 Is. xlix. 4. Then said I, I have laboured 
 in vain, I have spent my Strength for 
 nought, and in vain ; yet surely my Judg- 
 ment is with the Lord, and my Work 
 with my God. 
 
 John iv. 36. And he that reapeth, re- 
 ceiveth Wages, and gathereth Fruit unto 
 Life eternal ; that both he that soweth, and 
 he that reapeth may rejoice together. 
 
 Rev. ii. I. These Things, saith he that 
 holdeth the Seven Stars in his Right Hand. 
 
 Ps. cxxxii. 16. I will cloathe her Priests 
 with Salvation ; and her Saints shall shout 
 aloud for Joy. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 14. And I will satiate the 
 Soul of the Priests with Fatness, and my 
 People shall be satisfied with my Goodness, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 Jer. i. 7. The Lord said unto me, Say 
 not, I am a Child : For thou shalt go to 
 all that I send thee ; and whatsoever I 
 command thee, thou shalt speak. 
 
 Ver. 8. Be not afraid of their Faces, for 
 I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 Ver. 19. They shall fight against thee, 
 but shall not prevail against thee ; for I am 
 with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. 
 
 Jer.
 
 196 Promises to Faithful Ministers. 
 
 Jer. XV. 19. Thus saith the Lord: If 
 thou return, then will I bring thee again, 
 and thou shalt stand before me : And if thou 
 take forth the Precious from the Vile, thou 
 shalt be as my Mouth : Let them return 
 unto thee, but return not thou unto them. 
 
 Vir. 20. And I will make thee unto 
 this People a fenced brazen Wall, and they 
 shall fight against thee, but they shall not 
 prevail against thee, &c. 
 
 Ver. 21. And I will deliver thee out of 
 the Hand of the Wicked ; and I will 
 redeem thee out of the Hand of the 
 Terrible. 
 
 Jer. XX. 1 1. The Lord is with me as a 
 mighty terrible one : Therefore my Perse- 
 cutors shall stumble, and they shall not 
 prevail : They shall be greatly ashamed, for 
 they shall not prosper : Their everlasting 
 Confusion shall never be forgotten. 
 
 Ezek. iii. 8. Behold, I have made thy 
 Face strong against their Faces, and thy 
 Forehead strong^ ao;ainst their Foreheads, 
 
 Ver. 9. As an Adamant harder than 
 Flint, have I made thy Forehead : Fear 
 them not, neither be dismayed at their 
 Looks, though they be a rebellious House. 
 
 Matt. X. 19. And when they shall 
 deliver you up, take no Thought how or 
 what you shall speak ; for it shall be given 
 you in that same Hour what ye shall 
 speak. 
 
 Ver,
 
 Promises to them that Receive, &c. 197 
 
 Ver. 20. For it is not ye that speak, but 
 the Spirit of your Father which speaketh 
 in you. 
 
 Luke xxi. 15. I will give you a Mouth, 
 and Wisdom, which all your Adversaries 
 shall not resist. 
 
 Dent.x. 9. Levi \\:dii\\ no Part nor In- 
 heritance with his Brethren, the Lord is 
 his Inheritance, according as the Lord thy 
 God promised him. 
 
 Deut. xxxiii. 11. Bless, Lord, his [^Le- 
 vis'] Substance, and accept the Work of 
 his Hands : Smite through the Loins of 
 them that rise against him, and of them 
 that hate him, that they rise not again. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 To them that Rfxeive and H earken 
 to Ministers. 
 
 Matt. X. 40. He that receiveth you, re- 
 ceiveth me ; and he that receiveth me, re- 
 ceiveth him that sent me. [So John xiii. 20.] 
 
 Ver. 41. He that receiveth a Prophet 
 in the Name of a Prophet, shall receive a 
 Prophet's Reward : And he that receiveth 
 a righteous Man in the Name of a right- 
 eous Man, shall receive a righteous Man's 
 Reward. 
 
 Litke xi. 16. He that heareth you, 
 heareth me. 
 2 Chron. xx. 20. Believe in the Lord your 
 
 God,
 
 198 Promises to the Peace- Makers. 
 
 God, so shall you be established ; believe 
 his Prophets, so shall you prosper. 
 
 IX. 
 
 To Love and Unity. 
 
 Ps. cxxxiii. I. Behold, how good and 
 pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together 
 in Unity ! 
 
 Ver. 2. It is like the precious Ointment 
 upon the Head, that^ ran down upon the 
 Beard, even Aaron s Beard, that went down 
 to the Skirts of his Garments. 
 
 Ver. 3. As the Dew of Hennon, and as 
 the Dew that descended upon the Mountains 
 of Zion : For there the Lord commanded 
 the Blessing, even Life for evermore. 
 
 1 John ii. 10. He that loveth his Brother, 
 abideth in the Light, and there is none 
 Occasion of Stumbling in him. 
 
 John xiii. 35. By this shall all Men 
 know that ye are my Disciples, if ye have 
 Love one to another. 
 
 2 Cor. xiii. 11, Be perfect, be of good 
 Comfort, be of one Mind ; five in Peace ; 
 and the God of Love and Peace shall be 
 with you. 
 
 Matt. V. 9. Blessed are 
 
 To the Peace- the Peace-makers ; for they 
 
 makers. shall be called the Children 
 
 of God. 
 Prov. xii. 20. To the Counsellors of 
 Peace is Joy. 
 
 1 Pet.
 
 Promises to Love to God's People. 199 
 
 1 Pet. iii. 10. He that will love Life, 
 and seek good Days — 
 
 Ver. 1 1. Let him seek Peace, and ensue 
 it. 
 
 I John iii. 14. We 
 
 Love to GOD'S know that we have 
 
 People. passed from Death to 
 
 Life, because we love 
 
 the Brethren : He that loveth not his 
 
 Brother, abideth in Death. 
 
 Ver. 18. My little Children, let us not 
 love in Word, neither in Tongue, but in 
 Deed and in Truth. 
 
 Ver. 19. And hereby we know that we 
 are of the Truth, and shall assure our 
 Hearts before him. 
 
 \ Jolin'w. 12. If we love one another, 
 God dwelleth in us, and his Love is per- 
 fected in us. 
 
 Ps. XV. I. Lord, who shall abide in thy 
 Tabernacle ? Who shall dwell in thy holy 
 Hill? 
 
 Ver. 4. He in whose Eyes a vile Per- 
 son is contemned : But he honoureth them 
 that fear the Lord. 
 
 Ps. cxxii. 6. Pray for the Peace o{ Jeru- 
 salem : They shall prosper that love thee. 
 
 Heb. vi. 10. God is not unrighteous to 
 forget your Work and Labour of Love, 
 which ye have shewed towards his Name, in 
 that ye have ministered to the Saints, and 
 do minister. 
 
 Nu7nb,
 
 200 Promises to the Charitable, &c. 
 
 Numb. xxiv. 9. Blessed is he that blesseth 
 thee ; and cursed is he that curseth thee. 
 
 X. 
 
 To the Charitable, the Merciful, and the 
 Liberal, to God's Ministers. 
 
 Dent. XV. 10. Thou shalt surely give him 
 \thy poor Brothe7''\ : And thine Heart shall 
 not be grieved, when thou givest unto him ; 
 because that for this Thing the Lord thy 
 God shall bless thee in all thy Works, and 
 in all that thou puttest thine Hand unto. 
 
 Ps. xli. I. Blessed is he that considereth 
 the Poor ; the Lord will deliver him in 
 Time of Trouble. 
 
 yer. 2. The Lord will preserve him, 
 and keep him alive, and he shall be blessed 
 upon the Earth ; and thou wilt not deliver 
 him unto the Will of his Enemies. 
 
 Ver. 3. The Lord will strengthen him 
 upon the Bed of Languishing ; thou wilt 
 make all his Bed in his Sickness. 
 
 Ps. cxii. 9. He hath dispersed, he hath 
 given to the Poor ; his Righteousness en- 
 dureth for ever ; his Horn shall be exalted 
 with Honour. 
 
 Ver. 5. A good Man sheweth Favour, 
 and lendeth ; he will guide his Affairs with 
 Discretion. 
 
 J^er. 6. Surely, he shall not be moved for 
 
 ever :
 
 Promises to the Charitable, &c. 201 
 
 ever : The Righteous shall be in everlasting 
 Remembrance. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii. 25. I have been young, and 
 now am old ; yet have I not seen the Right- 
 eous forsaken, nor his Seed begging Bread. 
 
 Ver. 26. He is ever merciful, and lend- 
 eth ; and his Seed is blessed. 
 
 Prov. xi. 24. There is that scattereth, 
 and yet increaseth ; and there is that with- 
 holdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth 
 to Poverty. 
 
 Ver. 25. The liberal Soul shall be made 
 fat ; and he that watereth, shall be watered 
 also himself. 
 
 Ver. 27. He that diligently seeketh 
 Good, procureth Favour. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 21. He that hath Mercy on 
 the Poor, happy is he. 
 
 Prov. xix. 17. He that hath Pity on the 
 Poor, lendeth unto the Lord ; and that 
 which he hath given, will He pay him 
 again. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 9. He that hath a bountiful 
 Eye, shall be blessed ; for he giveth of his 
 Bread to the Poor. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 8. He that by Usury and 
 unjust Gain increaseth his Substance, he 
 shall gather it for him that will pity the 
 Poor. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 27. He that giveth unto 
 the Poor, shall not lack. 
 
 EccL
 
 202 Promises to the Charitable, &c. 
 
 Eccl. xi. I. Cast thy Bread upon the 
 Waters ; for thou shalt find it after many- 
 Days. 
 
 Ver. 2, Give a Portion to seven, and 
 also to Eight ; for thou knowest not what 
 Evil shall be upon the Earth. 
 
 Is. xxxii. 8. The Liberal deviseth liberal 
 Things, and by liberal Things he shall 
 stand. 
 
 Is. Iviii. 7, Is it not \the Fast that I have 
 chosen^ to deal thy Bread to the Hungry, 
 and that thou bring the Poor that are cast 
 out to thy House? When thou seest the 
 Naked, that thou cover him ; and that 
 thou hide not thyself from thine own 
 Flesh ? 
 
 Ver. 8. Then shall thy Light break 
 forth as the Morning, and thine Health shall 
 spring forth speedily : And thy Righteous- 
 ness shall go before thee ; the Glory of the 
 Lord shall be thy Reward. 
 
 Ver. 10. If thou draw out thy Soul to 
 the Hungry, and satisfy the afflicted Soul ; 
 then shall thy Light rise in Obscurity, and 
 thy Darkness be as the Noon-day. 
 
 Ver. 1 1. And the Lord shall guide thee 
 continually, and satisfy thy Soul in Drought, 
 and make fat thy Bones ; and thou shalt 
 be like a watered Garden, and like a Spring 
 of Water, whose Waters fail not. 
 
 Matt. X. 42. And whosoever shall give to 
 drink unto one of these little ones a Cup of 
 
 cold
 
 Promises to the Charitable, &c. 203 
 
 cold Water only, in the Name of a Disciple ; 
 verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise 
 lose his Reward. 
 
 Matt. XXV. 34. Then shall the King say 
 unto them on his Right Hand, Come ye 
 Blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom 
 prepared for you from the Foundation of 
 the World : 
 
 Ver. 35. For I was an hungered, and ye 
 gave me Meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave 
 me Drink : I was a Stranger, and ye took 
 me in: 
 
 Ver. 36. Naked, and ye cloathed me : I 
 was sick, and ye visited me : I was in Pri- 
 son, and ye came unto me. 
 
 Ver. 40. Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch 
 as ye have done it unto one of the least of 
 these my Brethren, ye have done it unto me. 
 
 Mark X. 21. Go thy Way, sell whatso- 
 ever thou hast, and give to the Poor, and 
 thou shalt have Treasure in Heaven. 
 
 Luke vi. 38. Give, and it shall be given 
 unto you ; good Measure, pressed down, 
 and shaken together, and running over, 
 shall Men give into your Bosom : For with 
 the same Measure that ye mete withal, it 
 shall be measured unto you again. 
 
 Luke xi. 41. Give Alms of such Things 
 as ye have ; and behold all Things are 
 clean unto you. 
 
 Luke xii. 33. Sell that ye have, and give 
 Alms ; provide yourselves Bags which wax 
 
 not
 
 204 Promises to the Charitable, &c. 
 
 not old, a Treasure in the Heavens that 
 faileth not, where no Thief approacheth, 
 neither Moth corrupteth, 
 
 Luke xvi. 9. And I say unto you, Make 
 to yourselves Friends of the Mammon of 
 Unrighteousness ; that when ye fail, they 
 may receive you into everlasting Habita- 
 tions. 
 
 Luke xiv. 13. When thou makest a 
 Feast, call the Poor, the Maimed, the Lame, 
 the Blind ; 
 
 Ver. 14. And thou shalt be blessed : 
 For they cannot recompense thee ; for thou 
 shalt be recompensed at the Resurrection 
 of the Just. 
 
 2 Co7\ ix. 6. He which soweth sparingly, 
 shall reap also sparingly ; and he which 
 soweth bountifully, shall reap also bounti- 
 fully. 
 
 Ver. 7. — God loveth a cheerful giver. 
 
 2 Cor. viii. 12. If there be first a willing 
 Mind, it is accepted according to what a 
 Man hath, and not according to what he 
 hath not. 
 
 I Tim. vi. 17, 18. Charge them that are 
 rich in this World — that they do good, that 
 they be rich in good Works, ready to 
 distribute, willing to communicate ; 
 
 Ver. 19. Laying up in store for them- 
 selves a good Foundation against the Time 
 to come, that they may lay hold on eternal 
 Life. 
 
 Heb.
 
 Promises to the Supporting, &c. 205 
 
 Heb. xiii. 16. To do good, and to com- 
 municate forget not ; for with such Sacri- 
 fices God is well pleased. 
 
 2 Cor. ix. 8. God is able to make all 
 Grace to abound towards you, that ye 
 always having All-sufficiency in all Things, 
 may abound to every good Work. 
 
 Ver. 10. Now he that ministereth Seed 
 to the Sower, both minister Bread for your 
 Food, and multiply your Seed sown, and 
 increase the Fruits of your Righteousness. 
 J- yj 7 ■ Matt. vi. 3. When thou 
 
 doest Alms, let not thy Left 
 Hand know what thy Right 
 Hand doth : 
 
 Ver. 4. That thine Alms may be in 
 secret ; and thy Father which seeth in 
 secret, will reward thee openly. 
 To the supporting Gal. vi. 6. Let him 
 GO US Ministers that is taught in the 
 and Worship. Word, communicate un- 
 to him that teacheth in all good Things. 
 
 Ver. 7. Be not deceived ; God is not 
 mocked : For whatsoever a Man soweth, 
 that shall he also reap. 
 
 Ver. 8. For he that soweth to his Flesh, 
 shall of the Flesh reap Corruption : But he 
 that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit 
 reap Life everlasting. 
 
 Mai. iii. 10. Bring ye all the Tithes into 
 the Store-house, that there may be Meat in 
 my House, and prove me now herewith, 
 
 saith
 
 2o6 Promises to the Supporting, &c. 
 
 saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open 
 to you the Windows of Heaven, and pour 
 you out a Blessing, that there shall not be 
 room enough to receive it, 
 
 Ver. 1 1. And I will rebuke the Devourer 
 for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the 
 Fruits of your Ground ; neither shall your 
 Vine cast her Fruit before the Time in the 
 Field, saith the Lord of Hosts, 
 
 Ver. 1 2. And all Nations shall call you 
 Blessed ; for ye shall be a delightsome Land, 
 saith the Lord of Hosts. 
 
 Phil, iv, 17. Not because I desire a 
 Gift ; but I desire Fruit that may abound 
 to your Account. 
 
 Ver. 18. But I have all, and abound ; I 
 am full, having received of Epaphroditus 
 the Things which were sent from you, an 
 Odour of a sweet Smell, a Sacrifice accept- 
 able, well pleasing to God, 
 
 Ver. 19. But my God shall supply all 
 your Need, according to his Riches in 
 Glory, by Christ Jesus. 
 
 Deut. xiv, 29. And the Levite, (because 
 he hath no Part nor Inheritance with thee) 
 and the Stranger, and the Fatherless, and 
 the Widow, which are within thy Gates, 
 shall come, and shall eat, and be satisfied, 
 that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all 
 the Work of thine Hand which thou doest. 
 Prov. iii, 9. Honour the Lord with thy 
 Substance, and with the First Fruits of all 
 thine Increase. Ver.
 
 Promises to Reproving Faithfully. 207 
 
 Ver. 10. So shall thy Barns be filled 
 with Plenty, and thy Presses shall burst 
 out with new Wine. 
 
 '/- Ai n/r^- rr , Matt. v. 7. Blessed ane. 
 ro the Merciful. ^^^ Merciful, for they 
 
 shall obtain Mercy. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 25. With the Merciful thou 
 wilt shew thyself merciful. 
 
 Prov. iii. 3. Let not Mercy and Truth 
 forsake thee ; bind them about thy Neck, 
 write them upon the Table of thine Heart. 
 
 Ver. 4. So shalt thou find Favour and 
 good Understanding in the Sight of God 
 and Man. 
 
 Prov. xi. 17. The merciful Man doeth 
 good to his own Soul ; but he that is cruel, 
 troubleth his own Flesh. 
 
 Deut. xxiv. 12. If the Man be poor, 
 thou shalt not sleep with his Pledge. 
 
 Ver. 13. In any Case thou shalt deliver 
 him the Pledge again when the Sun goeth 
 down, that he may sleep in his own Rai- 
 ment, and bless thee ; and it shall be 
 Righteousness unto thee before the Lord 
 thy God. 
 
 XI. 
 
 To the Giving and Receivhtg of Reproofs. 
 rp ., . Prov. xxiv. 25. To them 
 
 /■ 'thf II that rebuke him [//^^ ^i^zVy^^flf] 
 ^^^ J ^ J^'' ^' shall be Delight, and a good 
 Blessing shall come upon them. 
 
 Prov.
 
 2o8 Promises to Forgiving Injuries. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 23. He that rebuketh a 
 
 Man, afterwards shall find more Favour 
 
 than he that flattereth with his Tong-ue. 
 
 -7- ,7 .1 , Prov. xiii. 18. Poverty 
 
 10 tkevi thai re- , 01 1 n i. 1 • 
 
 , D r and bhame shall be to him 
 
 ^ /^ -/• ^;\\■^^l refuseth Instruction ; 
 
 but he that regardeth Reproof, shall be 
 
 honoured. 
 
 Prov. XV. 31. The Ear that heareth the 
 Reproof of Life, abideth among the wise. 
 
 Ver. 32. He that refuseth Instruction, 
 despiseth his own Soul ; but he that heareth 
 Reproof, getteth Understanding, 
 
 Prov. XXV. 12. As an Ear-ring of Gold, 
 and an Ornament of fine Gold, so is a wise 
 Reprover upon an obedient Ear. 
 
 XII. 
 
 To Forgiving Injuries. 
 
 Prov. XX. 22. Say not thou, I will 
 recompense Evil ; but wait on the Lord, 
 and he shall save thee. 
 
 Prov. XXV. 21. If thine Enemy be hun- 
 gry, give him Bread to eat ; and if he be 
 thirsty, give him Water to drink : 
 
 Ver. 22. For thou shalt heap Coals of 
 Fire upon his Head, and the Lord shall 
 reward thee. Rom. xii. 20. 
 
 Matt. V. 44. Love your Enemies ; bless 
 them that curse you ; do good to them that 
 hate you ; and pray for them which despite- 
 fully use you, and persecute you : 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises to Chastity and Purity. 209 
 
 Ver. 45. That ye may be the Children 
 of your Father which is in Heaven ; for he 
 maketh his Sun to rise on the Evil and on 
 the Good, and sendeth Rain on the Just 
 and on the Unjust. 
 
 Matt. vi. 14. If ye forgive Men their 
 Trespasses, your heavenly Father will also 
 forgive you. 
 
 Mark xi. 25. And when ye stand pray- 
 ing, forgive, if ye have ought against any ; 
 that your Father also which is in Heaven, 
 may forgive your Trespasses. 
 
 Luke vi. 35. Love ye your Enemies, 
 and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing 
 again ; and your Reward shall be great, and 
 ye shall be the Children of the Highest : 
 For he is kind unto the Unthankful, and 
 to the Evil. 
 
 Ver. T^j. Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. 
 
 I Pet. iii. 9. Not rendering Evil for Evil, 
 or Railing for Railing ; but contrariwise, 
 Blessing : Knowing that ye are thereunto 
 called, that ye should inherit a Blessing. 
 
 XHI. 
 To Chastity and Purity. 
 
 To Chastity ^^^^- ''^"^' 5- If a Man 
 ■" be just, and do that which is 
 
 lawful and Right ; 
 
 Ver. 6. — And hath not defiled his 
 
 Neighbour's Wife, neither hath come near 
 
 to a menstruous Woman ; 
 
 o Ver.
 
 210 Promises to Diligence. 
 
 Ver. 9. Hath walked in my Statutes, 
 and hath kept my Judgments, to deal truly; 
 He is just, he shall surely live, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 ^p p ■. Matt. V. 8. Blessed are the 
 
 ■^' Pure in Heart ; for they shall 
 see God. 
 
 Ps. xxiv. 3. Who shall ascend into the 
 Hill of the Lord } and who shall stand in 
 his holy Place ? 
 
 Ver. 4. He that hath clean Hands, and 
 a pure Heart. 
 
 Ps. xviii. 26, With the Pure thou wilt 
 shew thyself pure. 
 
 Ps. Ixxiii. I . Truly God is good to Israel, 
 even to such as are of a clean Heart. 
 
 2 Tim. ii. 21. If a Man therefore purge 
 himself from these, he shall be a Vessel unto 
 Honour, sanctified and meet for the Master's 
 Use, and prepared unto every good Work. 
 
 Tit i. 15. Unto the Pure all Things are 
 pure. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 To Diligence. 
 
 Prov. X. 4. The Hand of the Diligent 
 maketh rich. 
 
 Prov. xii. 24. The Hand of the Diligent 
 shall bear Rule ; but the Slothful shall be 
 under Tribute. 
 
 Ver. 27. The Substance of a diligent 
 Man is precious. 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises to Diligence. 2 1 1 
 
 Ver. II. He that tilleth his Land shall 
 be satisfied with Bread. 
 
 Prov. xiii. 4. The Soul of the Sluggard 
 desireth, and hath nothing ; but the Soul of 
 the Diligent shall be made fat. 
 
 Ver. II. Wealth gotten by Vanity shall 
 be diminished ; but he that gathereth by 
 Labour shall increase. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 23. In all Labour there is 
 Profit ; but the Talk of the Lips tendeth 
 only to Penury. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 5. The Thoughts of the 
 Diligent tend only to Plenteousness ; but 
 of every one that is hasty, only to Want. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 29. Seest thou a Man dili- 
 gent in his Business ; he shall stand before 
 Kings, he shall not stand before mean Men. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 19. He that tilleth his 
 Land, shall have Plenty of Bread ; but he 
 that followeth after vain Persons, shall have 
 Poverty enough. 
 
 Matt. XXV. 23. Well done, 
 
 To improving good and faithful Servant ; 
 
 our Talents, thou hast been faithful over 
 
 a few Things, I will make 
 
 thee Ruler over many Things : Pinter thou 
 
 into the Joy of thy Lord. 
 
 Ver. 29. Unto every one that hath, 
 shall be given, and he shall have abundance. 
 Matt. xiii. 12. 
 
 Prov.
 
 212 Promises to the Just and Honest. 
 
 n/r J J • Prov, XX. I x. Lovc not 
 
 Moderation ci i .u 
 
 • f>7 ^ bleep, lest thou come to 
 
 in b>leep. r) . .u- t- 
 
 ^ roverty ; open thine byes, 
 
 and thou shalt be satisfied with Bread. 
 
 XV. 
 
 To the Just and Honest. 
 
 Deut. xvi. 20. That which is altogether 
 just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, 
 and inherit the Land which the Lord thy 
 God giveth thee. 
 
 Deut. XX V. 1 5. Thou shalt have a perfect 
 and just Weight ; a perfect and just Mea- 
 sure shalt thou have ; that thy Days may 
 be lengthened in the Land which the Lord 
 thy God giveth thee. 
 
 Prov. xi. I. A false Balance is an 
 Abomination unto the Lord ; but a just 
 Weight is his Delight. 
 
 Prov. XV. 27. He that is greedy of 
 Gain, troubleth his own House ; but he 
 that hateth Gifts, shall live. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 8. Better is a little with 
 Righteousness, than great Revenues with- 
 out Right. 
 
 Prov. xxviii. 20. A faithful Man abounds 
 with Blessings ; but he that maketh haste 
 to be rich, shall not be innocent. 
 
 Prov. xxi. 3. To do Justice and Judg- 
 ment, is more acceptable to the Lord, than 
 Sacrifice. 
 
 Prov.
 
 Promises to the Just and Honest. 21'' 
 
 o 
 
 Prov. xii. 21. There shall no Evil hap- 
 pen to the Just ; but the Wicked shall be 
 filled with Mischief. 
 
 Is. xxxiii. 15. He that walketh right- 
 eously, and speaketh uprightly ; he that de- 
 spiseththe gain of Oppressions, that shaketh 
 his Hands from holding of Bribes, that 
 stoppeth his Ears from hearing of Blood, 
 and shutteth his Eyes from seeing Evil : 
 
 Ver. 16. He shall dwell on high ; his 
 Place of Defence shall be the Munition of 
 Rocks : Bread shall be given him, his 
 Waters shall be sure. 
 
 Is. Ivi. I. Thus saith the Lord, Keep 
 ye Judgment, and do Justice ; for my Salva- 
 tion is near to come, and my Righteousness 
 to be revealed. 
 
 Ver. 2. Blessed is the Man that doth this, 
 and the Son of Man that layeth hold on it. 
 
 Ezek. xviii. 5. If a Man be just, and do 
 that which is lawful and rigfht ; 
 
 Ver, 7. And hath not oppressed any, but 
 hath restored to the Debtor his Pledge ; 
 hath spoiled none by Violence ; hath given 
 his Bread to the Hungry, and hath covered 
 the Naked with a Garment : 
 
 Ver. 8. He that hath not griven forth 
 upon Usury, neither hath taken any In- 
 crease ; that hath withdrawn his Hand from 
 Iniquity ; hath executed true Judgment 
 between Man and Man ; 
 
 Ver.
 
 214 Promises to Candour, &c. 
 
 Ver. g. Hath walked in my Statutes, 
 and hath kept my Judgments, to deal 
 truly : He is just, he shall surely live, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 Ps. XV. 5. He that putteth not out his 
 Money to Usury, nor taketh a Reward 
 against the Innocent : He that doth these 
 Things, shall never be moved. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 To Truth. 
 
 Ps. XV. I. Lord, who shall abide in thy 
 Tabernacle ? Who shall dwell in thy holy 
 Hill? 
 
 yer. 2. — He that speaketh the Truth 
 in his Heart. 
 
 Prov. xii. 19. The Lip of Truth shall 
 be established for ever ; but a lying Tongue 
 is but for a Moment. 
 
 Ver. 22. Lying Lips are Abomination 
 to the Lord ; but they that deal truly, are 
 his Delight. 
 
 I Pet. iii. 10. He that will love Life, and 
 see good Days, let him refrain his Tongue 
 from Evil, and his Lips that they speak no 
 Guile. Ps. xxxiv. 12, 13. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 To Candour. 
 
 r T 7 ' Matt. vii. I. Iudp"e not, 
 
 In ludpin^. . , -11 
 
 ^ ^ ^^ that ye be not judged. 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises to Mortification. 2 1 5 
 
 Ver. 2. For with what Judgment ye 
 judge, ye shall be judged ; and with what 
 Measure ye mete, it shall be measured to 
 you again. 
 
 ,- ^ , . Ps. XV. I . Lord, who 
 
 In speaking. ,hall dwell, &c. 
 
 Ver. 3. He that backbiteth not with his 
 Tongue, nor doth Evil to his Neighbour, 
 nor taketh up a Reproach against his 
 Neighbour. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 To Contentment and Mortification. 
 
 Prov. xiv. 30. A sound Heart is the 
 Life of the Flesh, but Envy the Rottenness 
 of the Bones. 
 
 Prov. XV. 15. All the Days of the 
 Afflicted are evil ; but he that is of a merry 
 Heart hath a continual Feast. 
 
 Pi'0v. xvii. 22. A merry Heart doeth 
 good like a Medicine ; but a broken Spirit 
 drieth the Bones. 
 
 Prov. xxiii. 17. Let not thine Heart 
 envy Sinners ; but be thou in the Fear of 
 the Lord all the Day long. 
 
 Ver. 18. For surely there is an End, 
 and thine Expectation shall not be cut off. 
 
 I Tim. vi. 6. Godliness with Content- 
 ment is great Gain. 
 
 Heb. xiii. 5. Let your Conversation be 
 without Covetousness, and be content with 
 
 such
 
 2i6 Promises to the Spiritually-Minded. 
 
 such Things as you have : For he hath said, 
 I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. 
 
 Rom. viii. 13. If ye, through 
 
 To Morti- the Spirit, do mortify the 
 
 fication. Deeds of the Body, ye shall 
 
 live. 
 
 Matt. V. 29. If thy Right Eye offend 
 
 thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee ; 
 
 for it is profitable for thee, that one of thy 
 
 Members should perish, and not that thy 
 
 whole Body should be cast into Hell. 
 
 Ver. 30. And if thy Right Hand offend 
 thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee ; for 
 it is profitable for thee, that one of thy 
 Members should perish, and not that thy 
 whole Body should be cast into Hell. 
 
 Rom. viii. 6. To be 
 To the Spirittt- carnally-minded, is Death ; 
 ally-minded, but to be spiritually-minded, 
 is Life and Peace. 
 
 CHAP.
 
 Promises to the Meek. 217 
 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 Promises to Duties belonging to 
 Both Tables. 
 
 I. 
 
 To the Meek, Humble, Contrite. 
 
 '7-^7 n/r L PSALM xxii. 26. The 
 Jo the Meek. ■*■ tvtiuh . ju 
 
 Meek shall eat, and be 
 
 satisfied: They shall praise the Lord that 
 
 seek him ; your Heart shall live for ever. 
 
 Ps. XXV. 9. The Meek will he guide in 
 Judgment, and the Meek will he teach his 
 Way. 
 
 Ps. xxxvii, 1 1. The Meek shall inherit 
 the Earth, and shall delight themselves in 
 the Abundance of Peace. 
 
 Matt. V. 5. Blessed are the Meek, for 
 they shall inherit the Earth. 
 
 Ps. cxlvii. 6. The Lord lifteth up the 
 Meek : He casteth the Wicked down to 
 the Ground. 
 
 Ps. cxlix. 4. The Lord taketh Pleasure 
 in his People ; he will beautify the Meek 
 with his Salvation. 
 
 Zeph.
 
 2i8 Promises to the Meek. 
 
 Zeph. ii. 3. Seek ye the Lord, all ye 
 Meek of the Earth, which have wrouofht 
 his Judgment ; seek Righteousness, seek 
 Meekness : It may be ye shall be hid in 
 the Day of the Lord's Anger. 
 
 Is. xi. 4. With Righteousness shall he 
 judge the Poor, and reprove with Equity 
 for the Meek of the Earth. 
 
 Is. xxix. 19. The Meek shall increase 
 their Joy in the Lord, and the Poor among 
 Men shall rejoice in the Holy One oi Israel. 
 
 I Pet. iii. 3. Whose adorning, let it not 
 be that outward adorning of plaiting the 
 Hair, and of wearing the Gold, or of putting 
 on of Apparel : 
 
 Ver. 4. But let it be the hidden Man of 
 the Heart, in that which is not corruptible; 
 even the Ornament of a meek and quiet 
 Spirit, which is in the Sight of God of 
 great Price, 
 
 Pj^ov. xiv. 29. He that is slow to Wrath, 
 is of great Understanding. 
 
 Prov. XV. 18. He that is slow to Anger, 
 appeaseth Strife. - 
 
 Ver. I. A soft Answer turneth away 
 Wrath. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 32. He that is slow to Anger, 
 is better than the Mighty ; and he that 
 ruleth his Spirit, than he that taketh a City. 
 
 Prov. xix. 1 1. The Discretion of a Man 
 deferreth his Anger, and it is his Glory to 
 pass over a Transgression. 
 
 Prov.
 
 Promises to the Humble. 219 
 
 Prov. XX. 3. It is an Honour to a Man 
 to cease from Strife. 
 
 ^ ,, jr LI fob xx\\. 20. He shall 
 To the Humble. -^ ^1 u 11 o 
 
 save the humble Person. 
 
 Ps. ix. 12. He forgetteth not the Cry 
 of the Humble. 
 
 Ps. x. 17. Lord, thou hast heard the 
 Desire of the Humble. 
 
 Ps. cxxxviii. 6. Though the Lord be 
 high, yet hath he Respect unto the Lowly : 
 But the Proud he knoweth afar off. 
 
 Prov. iii. 34. Surely, he scorneth the 
 Scorners ; but he giveth Grace to the 
 Humble. 
 
 Jam. iv. 6. Wherefore he saith, He 
 resisteth the Proud, but giveth Grace unto 
 the Humble, i Pet. v. 5. 
 
 Prov. xi. 2. When Pride cometh, then 
 Cometh Shame ; but with the Lowly is 
 Wisdom. 
 
 Prov. XV. 33. The Fear of the Lord is 
 the Instruction of Wisdom ; and before 
 Honour is Humility. 
 
 Prov. xviii. 1 2. Before Destruction, the 
 Heart of Man is haughty ; and before 
 Honour is Humility. 
 
 Prov. xxix. 23. A Man's Pride shall 
 bring him low ; but Honour shall uphold 
 the Humble in Spirit. 
 
 Prov. xvi. 19. Better is it to be of an 
 humble Spirit with the Lowly ; than to 
 divide the Spoil with the Proud. 
 
 Prov.
 
 2 20 Promises to the Contrite, &€. 
 
 Prov. xxii. 4. By Humility, and the 
 Fear of the Lord, are Riches, Honour, and 
 Life. 
 
 Matt, xxiii. 12. Whosoever shall exalt 
 himself, shall be abased ; and he that shall 
 humble himself, shall be exalted. Luke 
 xviii. 14. 
 
 Matt, xviii. 4. Whosoever shall humble 
 himself as this little Child, the same is 
 greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 
 /^^. xxxiv, 18. The Lord 
 To the Contrite is nigh unto them that are 
 and Mourners, of a broken Heart, and 
 
 saveth such as be of a 
 contrite Spirit. 
 
 Ps. li. 1 7. The Sacrifices of God are a 
 broken Spirit ; a broken and a contrite 
 Heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 
 
 Ps. xlvii. 3. He healeth the broken in 
 Heart, and bindeth up their Wounds. 
 
 EccLvn. 3. Sorrow is better than Laugh- 
 ter; for by the Sadness of the Countenance 
 the Heart is made better. 
 
 Is. Ivii. 15. Thus saith the High and 
 Lofty One that inhabiteth Eternity, whose 
 Name is HOLY, I dwell in the high and 
 holy Place ; with him also that is of a con- 
 trite and humble Spirit ; to revive the 
 Spirit of the Humble, and to revive the 
 Heart of the Contrite ones. 
 
 Is. Ixvi. 2. To this Man will I look, even 
 
 to
 
 Promises to them that Suffer, &c. 221 
 
 to him that is of a poor and contrite Spirit, 
 and trembleth at my Word. 
 
 Matt. V. 3. Blessed are the Poor in 
 Spirit : for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 
 Ver. 4. Blessed are they that mourn : 
 for they shall be comforted. 
 
 II. 
 
 To them that Suffer /cr Righteousness' 
 
 Sake. 
 
 Matt. V. 10. Blessed are they which are 
 persecuted for Righteousness' sake : for 
 theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 
 Ver. II. Blessed are ye when Men 
 shall revile you, and persecute you, and 
 shall say all manner of Evil against you 
 falsely, for my sake, 
 
 Ver. 12. Rejoice, and be exceeding- 
 glad, for great is your Reward in Heaven : 
 For so persecuted they the Prophets which 
 were before you. 
 
 Matt. X. 39. He that findeth his Life, 
 shall lose it ; and he that loseth his Life 
 for my sake, shall find it. 
 
 Matt. xix. 29. Every one that hath for- 
 saken Houses, or Brethren, or Sisters, or 
 Father, or Mother, or Wife, or Children, 
 or Lands, for my Name's sake, shall receive 
 an hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlast- 
 ing Life. 
 
 2 Cor. iv. 9. Persecuted, but not forsaken. 
 
 2 Tim.
 
 222 Promises to them that Suffer, &c. 
 
 2 Tim. ii, 12. If we suffer, we shall also 
 reign with him. 
 
 Rom. viii. 17. If so be that we suffer with 
 him, that we may be also glorified together. 
 
 Ver. 35. Who shall separate us from the 
 Love of Christ ? Shall Tribulation, or 
 Distress, or Persecution, or Famine, or 
 Nakedness, or Peril, or the Sword ? 
 
 Ver. 36. (As it is written, For thy Sake 
 we are killed all the Day long ; we are 
 accounted as Sheep for the Slaughter). 
 
 Ver. 37. Nay, in all these Things we 
 are more than Conquerors through him 
 that loved us. 
 
 Heb. X. 34. For ye had Compassion of 
 me in my Bonds, and took joyfully the 
 spoiling of your Goods, knowing in your- 
 selves, that ye have a better and an enduring 
 Substance. 
 
 Ver. 35. Cast not away therefore your 
 Confidence, which hath great Recompense 
 of Reward. 
 
 I Pet. iii. 14. If ye suffer for Righteous- 
 ness' sake, happy are ye : And be not afraid 
 of their Terror, neither be troubled ; 
 
 Ver. 17. For it is better, if the Will of 
 God be so, that ye suffer for Well-doing, 
 than for Evil-doing. 
 
 I Pet. iv. 12. Beloved, think it not 
 strange concerning the fiery Trial, which is 
 to try you, as though some strange Thing 
 happened unto you : 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises to Patience, &c. 223 
 
 Ver. 13. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye 
 are Partakers of Christ's Sufferingfs ; that 
 when his Glory shall be revealed, ye may 
 be glad also with exceeding Joy. 
 
 Ver. 14. If ye be reproached for the 
 Name of Christ, happy are ye ; for the 
 Spirit of Glory and of God resteth upon 
 you : On their Part he is evil spoken of, 
 but on your Part he is glorified. 
 
 Is. Ixvi. 5. Hear the 
 
 Word of the Lord, ye that 
 
 To them that tremble at his Word : Your 
 
 are excommtmi- Brethren that hated you, 
 
 cated unjustly, that cast you out for my 
 
 Name's sake, said, Let the 
 Lord be glorified : But ye shall appear to 
 your Joy, and they shall be ashamed. 
 
 Luke vi, 22. Blessed are ye, when Men 
 shall hate you, and when they shall separate 
 you from their Company, and shall reproach 
 you, and cast out your Name as evil, for 
 the Son of Man's sake. 
 
 Ver. 23. Rejoice ye in that Day, and 
 leap for Joy, for behold, your Reward is 
 great in Heaven. 
 
 HL 
 
 To Patience <a:^^^ Submission. 
 
 Lam. iii. 26. It is good that a Man 
 should both hope, and quietly wait for the 
 Salvation of the Lord. 
 
 Ver.
 
 2 24 Promises to Patience, &c. 
 
 Ver. 27. It is good for a Man that he 
 bear the Yoke in his Youth. 
 
 Ve7\ 28. He sitteth alone and keepeth 
 Silence, because he hath borne it upon him. 
 
 Ver. 29. He putteth his Mouth in the 
 Dust, if so be there may be Hope. 
 
 Ver. 31. For the Lord will not cast off 
 for ever. 
 
 Heb.x. 35. Cast not away your Confidence, 
 which hath great Recompence of Reward. 
 
 Ver. 36, For ye have need of Patience, 
 that after ye have done the Will of God, 
 ye might receive the Promise. 
 
 Ver. 2,7- For yet a little while, and he that 
 shall come will come, and will not tarry. 
 
 Heb. vi. 12. That ye be not slothful, 
 but Followers of them, who through Faith 
 and Patience inherit the Promises. 
 
 Ja7n. i. 2. My Brethren, count it all Joy 
 when ye fall into divers Temptations : 
 
 Ver. 3. Knowing this, that the Trying 
 of your Faith worketh Patience. 
 
 Ver. 4. But let Patience have her per- 
 fect Work, that ye may be perfect and 
 entire, wanting nothing. 
 
 Ver. 12. Blessed is the Man that en- 
 dureth Temptation ; for when he is tried, he 
 shall receive the Crown of Life, which the 
 Lord hath promised to them that love him. 
 
 Rom. V. 3. We glory in Tribulation, 
 knowing that Tribulation worketh Patience; 
 
 Ver.
 
 Promises to Perseverance. 225 
 
 Ver. 4. And Patience worketh Ex- 
 perience; and Experience, Hope. 
 
 Prov. X. 28. The Hope of the Righteous 
 shall be Gladness. 
 
 I Pet. V. 6. Humble yourselves under 
 the mighty Hand of God, that ye may be 
 exalted in due Time. 
 
 Jam. iv. 10. Humble yourselves in the 
 Sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 
 Jam. v. 7. Be patient, Brethren, unto 
 the Coming of the Lord. Behold, the 
 Husbandman waiteth for the precious Fruit 
 of the Earth, and hath long Patience for 
 it, until he receive the early and the latter 
 Rain. 
 
 Ver. 8. Be ye also patient ; stablish 
 your Hearts : For the Coming of the 
 Lord draweth nigh. 
 
 Ver. II. Behold, we count them happy 
 which endure. Ye have heard of the 
 Patience of Job, and have seen the End of 
 the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful, and 
 of tender Mercy. 
 
 I Pet. ii. 20. If when ye do well, and 
 suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is 
 acceptable with God. 
 
 IV. 
 
 To Perseverance. 
 
 Matt. X. 22. He that endureth to the 
 End shall be saved. C/iap. xxiv. 13. 
 
 p /o/m
 
 2 26 Promises to Perseverance. 
 
 John viii. 31, If ye continue in my 
 Word, then are ye my Disciples indeed. 
 
 Ver. 32. And ye shall know the Truth, 
 and the Truth shall make you free. 
 
 John XV. 7. If ye abide in me, and my 
 Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye 
 will, and it shall be done unto you. 
 
 I Cor. XV. 58. My beloved Brethren, be 
 ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding 
 in the Work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye 
 know that your Labour is not in vain in 
 the Lord. 
 
 Gal. vi. 9. Let us not be weary in Well- 
 doing ; for in due Season we shall reap, if 
 we faint not. 
 
 Heb. iii. 14. We are made Partakers 
 of Christ, if we hold the Beginning of our 
 Confidence stedfast unto the End. 
 
 Heb. X. 23. Let us hold fast the Pro- 
 fession of our Faith without wavering, for 
 he is faithful that promised. 
 
 Ver. 35. Cast not away your Confidence, 
 which hath great Recompence of Reward. 
 
 I John ii. 24. Let that abide in you 
 which ye have heard from the Beginning. 
 If that which ye have heard from the 
 Beginning shall remain in you, ye shall also 
 continue in the Son, and in the Father. 
 
 Ver. 28. And now, little Children, abide 
 in him, that when he shall appear, we may 
 have Confidence, and not be ashamed before 
 him at his Coming. 
 
 2 John
 
 Promises to him that Overcomes. 227 
 
 2 John 8. Look to yourselves, that we 
 lose not the Things which we have wrought, 
 but that we receive a full Reward. 
 
 Ver. 9. Whosoever transgresseth, and 
 abideth not in the Doctrine of Christ, hath 
 not God : He that abideth in the Doctrine 
 of Christ, he hath both the Father and the 
 Son. 
 
 Rev.\\. 10. Be thou faithful unto Death, 
 and I will give thee a Crown of Life. 
 
 Rev. ii. 7. To him that 
 
 To him that overcometh, will I give to 
 
 overcomes. eat of the Tree of Life, 
 
 which is in the midst of the 
 
 Paradise of God. 
 
 Ver. II. He that overcometh, shall not 
 be hurt of the second Death. 
 
 Ver. 1 7. To him that overcometh, will 
 I oive to eat of the hidden Manna ; and 
 will give him a white Stone, and in the 
 Stone a new Name written, which no Man 
 knoweth, saving he that receiveth it. 
 
 Ver. 26. And he that overcometh. and 
 keepeth my Words unto the End, to him 
 will I give Power over the Nations. 
 
 Ver. 27. And he shall rule them with a 
 Rod of Iron : As the Vessels of a Potter 
 shall they be broken to shivers (even as I 
 received of my Father.) 
 
 Ver. 28. And I will give him the 
 Morning Star. 
 
 Rev.
 
 2 28 Promises to him that Overcomes. 
 
 Rev. iii. 5. He that overcometh, the 
 same shall be cloathed in white Raiment, 
 and I will not blot out his Name out of the 
 Book of Life ; but I will confess his Name 
 before my Father, and before his Angels. 
 
 Ver. 12. Him that overcometh will I 
 make a Pillar in the Temple of my God, 
 and he shall go no more out : And I will 
 write upon him the Name of my God, and 
 the Name of the City of my God, which is 
 New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of 
 Heaven from my God ; and I will write 
 upon him my New Name. 
 
 Ver. 21. To him that overcometh, will 
 I grant to sit with me in my Throne ; even 
 as I also overcame, and am set down with 
 my Father in his Throne. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 7. He that overcometh, shall 
 inherit all Things ; and I will be his God, 
 and he shall be my Son. 
 
 AN
 
 
 AN 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 OF 
 
 PROM ISES 
 
 RELATING TO THE 
 
 State of the Church. 
 
 I. 
 
 Of the Enlargement of the Church, and 
 the Spreading of the Gospel, and 
 Kingdom of CHRIST through the 
 World 
 
 SAL. ii. 8. Ask of me, and I 
 will orive thee the Heathen for 
 thine Inheritance, and the utter- 
 most Parts of the Earth for thy 
 Possession. 
 
 Ver.
 
 230 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Ver. 9. Thou shah break them with a 
 Rod of Iron ; thou shalt dash them in 
 pieces like a Potter's Vessel. 
 
 Ps. xxii. 27. All the Ends of the Earth 
 shall remember, and turn unto the Lord ; 
 and all the Kindreds of the Nations shall 
 worship before him. 
 
 Ver. 28, For the Kingdom is the 
 Lord's, and he is the (iO\ernor amono- 
 the Nations. 
 
 Ps. Ixvii. 2. That thy Way may be 
 known upon Earth, thy saving Llealth 
 among all Nations. 
 
 Ver. 7. God shall bless us, and all the 
 Ends of the Earth shall fear him. 
 
 Ps. Ixviii. 31. Princes shall come out of 
 Egypt ; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her 
 Hands unto God. 
 
 Ps. Ixxii. 8. He shall have Dominion 
 from Sea to Sea, and from the River unto 
 the Finds of the Earth. 
 
 Ver. 1 1. Yea, all Kings shall fall down 
 before him ; all Nations shall serve him. 
 
 Ver. 17. His name shall endure for 
 ever ; his Name shall be continued as long 
 as the Sun ; and Men shall be blessed in 
 him ; all Nations shall call him blessed. 
 
 Ver. 19. Let the whole Earth be filled 
 with his Glory. 
 
 Ps. Ixxxvi. 9. All Nations whom thou hast 
 made, shall come and worship before thee, 
 O Lord, and shall glorify thy Name. 
 
 Ps.
 
 Promises relating to the Church. 231 
 
 Ps. cii. 15. The Heathen shall fear the 
 Name of the Lord, and all the Kings of 
 the Earth thy Glory. 
 
 Ver. 16. When the Lord shall build up 
 Zion, he shall appear in his Glory. 
 
 Ps. ex. 3. Thy People shall be willing 
 in the Day of thy Power, in the Beauties 
 of Holiness from the Womb of the Morn- 
 ing : thou hast the Dew of thy Youth. 
 
 Is. ii. 2. And it shall come to pass in 
 the last Days that the Mountain of the 
 Lord's House shall be established in the 
 Top of the Mountains, and shall be exalted 
 above the Hills ; and all Nations shall 
 flow unto it. 
 
 Ver. 3. And many People shall go and 
 say, Come ye, and let us go up to the 
 Mountain of the Lord, to the House of 
 the God of facob ; and he will teach us of 
 his Ways, and we will walk in his Paths : 
 For out of Zion shall go forth the Law, 
 and the Word of the Lord homjertcsakm. 
 Mic. iv. I, 2, 
 
 Is. xi. ID. In that Day there shall be 
 a Root oi Jesse, which shall stand for an 
 Ensign of the People ; to it shall the Gen- 
 tiles seek, and his rest shall be glorious. 
 
 Is. xix. 21. And the Lord shall be 
 known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall 
 know the Lord in that Day, and shall do 
 Sacrifice and Oblation ; yea, they shall vow 
 a Vow unto the Lord, and perform it, 
 
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 Ver. 24. In that Day shall Israel h^ the 
 Third with Egypt, and with Assyria, even 
 a Blessing in the midst of the Land. 
 
 Ver. 25. Whom the Lord of Hosts 
 shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my 
 People, and Assyria the Work of mine 
 Hands, and Israel mine Inheritance. See 
 Ver. 18, 19, 20, 22, 23. 
 
 Is. xxiii. 18. And her [Tyres'] Merchan- 
 dize and her Hire, shall be Holiness unto 
 the Lord : It shall not be treasured nor laid 
 up ; for her Merchandize shall be for them 
 that dwell before the Lord, to eat suffi- 
 ciently, and for durable Cloathing. 
 
 Is. xxvii, 6. He shall cause them that 
 come to Jacob to take Root ; Israel shall 
 blossom and bud, and fill the Face of the 
 World with Fruit. 
 
 Is. xl. 3. The Voice of him that crieth 
 in the Wilderness, Prepare ye the Way of 
 the Lord, make straight in the Desert a 
 Highway for our God. 
 
 Ver. 4. Every Valley shall be exalted, 
 and every Mountain and Hill shall be 
 brought low ; and the Crooked shall be 
 made straight, and the rough Places plain. 
 Ver. 5. And the Glory of the Lord 
 shall be revealed, and all Flesh shall see it 
 together : For the Mouth of the Lord hath 
 spoken it. 
 
 /y. xlii. I. Behold my Servant, whom I 
 uphold ; mine Elect, in whom my Soul 
 
 delighteth :
 
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 delighteth : I have put my Spirit upon 
 him ; he shall bring forth Judgment to the 
 Gentiles. 
 
 Ver. 4. He shall not fail, nor be dis- 
 couraged, till he have set Judgment in the 
 Earth ; and the Isles shall wait for his Law. 
 
 Ver. 6. I, the Lord, have called thee 
 in Righteousness, and will hold thine Hand, 
 and will keep thee, and give thee for a 
 Covenant of the People, for a Light of the 
 Gentiles. 
 
 Ver. 7. To open the blind Eyes, to bring 
 out the Prisoners from the Prison, and them 
 that sit in Darkness out of the Prison-house. 
 Is. xlv. 23. I have sworn by myself, the 
 Word is gone forth out of my Mouth in 
 Righteousness, and shall not return, That 
 unto me every Knee shall bow, every 
 Tongue shall swear. 
 
 Ver. 24. Surely, shall one say, in the 
 Lord have I Righteousness and Strength : 
 Even to him shall men come, and all that 
 are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 
 See Ver. 14. 
 
 Is. xlix. 6. And he said, It is a light 
 Thing that thou shouldst be my Servant, to 
 raise up the Tribes of Jacob, and to restore 
 the Preserved o{ Israel: I will also give thee 
 a Light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be 
 my Salvation unto the Ends of the Earth. 
 
 Ver. 12. Behold, these shall come from 
 far ; and lo, these from the North, and 
 
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 234 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 from the West, and these from the Land of 
 Sinim. 
 
 Ver. 1 8. Lift up thine Eyes round about, 
 and behold, all these gather themselves 
 together, and come to thee : As I live, saith 
 the Lord, thou shalt surely cloath thee with 
 them all, as with an Ornament, and bind 
 them on thee as a Bride doth. 
 
 Ver. 20. The Children which thou shalt 
 have after thou hast lost the other, shall say 
 again in thine Ears, The Place is too strait 
 for me ; give place, that I may dwell. See 
 Ver. 8, 9, II, 19, 21, 22. Anci Chap. Ix. 4. 
 
 Is. li. 4. Hearken unto me, my People, 
 and give Ear unto me, O my Nation ; for 
 a Law shall proceed from me, and I will 
 make my Judgment to rest for a Light of 
 the People. 
 
 Ver. 5. My Righteousness is near, my 
 Salvation is gone forth, and mine Arms 
 shall judge the People : The Isles shall wait 
 upon me, and on mine Arm shall they trust. 
 
 Ver. 16. I have put my Words in thy 
 Mouth, and have covered thee in the 
 Shadow of mine Hand, that I may plant 
 the Heavens, and lay the Foundations of 
 the Earth, and say to Zion, Thou art my 
 People. 
 
 Is. Hi. 10. The Lord hath made bare 
 his holy Arm in the Eyes of all Nations, 
 and all the Ends of the Earth shall see the 
 Salvation of our God. 
 
 Is.
 
 Promises relating to the Church. 235 
 
 Is. Hii. 10. When thou shalt make his 
 Soul an Offering for Sin, he shall see his 
 Seed, he shall prolong his Days, and the 
 Pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his 
 Hand. 
 
 Ver. II. He shall see of the Travail of his 
 Soul, and shall be satisfied : By his Know- 
 ledge shall my righteous Servant justify 
 many ; for he shall bear their Iniquities. 
 
 Ver. 12. Therefore will I divide him a 
 Portion with the Great, and he shall divide 
 the Spoil with the Strong. 
 
 Is. liv. I. Sing, O Barren, thou that 
 didst not bear ; break forth into Singing, 
 and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail 
 with Child ; for more are the Children of 
 the Desolate, than the Children of the 
 married Wife, saith the Lord. 
 
 Ver. 2. Enlarge the Place of thy Tent, 
 and let them stretch forth the Curtains of 
 thine Habitations ; spare not, lengthen thy 
 Cords, and strengthen thy Stakes. 
 
 Ver. 3. For thou shalt break forth on 
 the Right Hand and on the Left, and thy 
 Seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make 
 the desolate Cities to be inhabited. 
 
 Is. Iv, 4. Behold I have given him for 
 a Witness to the People ; a Leader and 
 Commander to the People. 
 
 Ver. 5. Behold, thou shalt call a Nation 
 that thou knowest not : and Nations that 
 knew not thee, shall run unto thee, because 
 
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 236 Promises i^elating to the Church. 
 
 of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy 
 One of Israel ; for he hath glorified thee. 
 
 Is. lix. 19. So shall they fear the Name 
 of the Lord from the West, and his Glory 
 from the Rising of the Sun : When the 
 Enemy shall come in like a Flood, the 
 Spirit of the Loud shall lift up a Standard 
 against him. 
 
 Ver. 20. And the Redeemer shall come 
 to Zion, and unto them that turn from 
 Transgression m Jacob, saith the Lord. 
 
 Is. Ix. 3. The Gentiles shall come to thy 
 Light, and Kings to the Brightness of thy 
 Rising. 
 
 Ver. 8. Who are these that fly as a Cloud, 
 and as the Doves to their Windows } 
 
 Ver. 9. Surely the Isles shall wait for me, 
 and the Ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy 
 Sons from far, their Silver and their Gold 
 with them, unto the Name of the Lord 
 thy God, and unto the Holy One of Israel, 
 because he hath glorified thee. 
 
 Ver. 10. And the Sons of Strangers 
 shall build thy Walls, &c. See Ver. 4, 5, 
 6, 7, II, 16. 
 
 Is. Ixv. 17. Behold, I create New 
 Heavens and a New Earth, and the former 
 shall not be remembered, norcome intomind. 
 
 Is. Ixvi. 8. Who hath heard such a 
 Thing.'* Who hath seen such Thino-s? Shall 
 the Earth be made to bring forth in one 
 Day ? Or shall a Nation be born at once ? 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 237 
 
 for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought 
 forth her Children. 
 
 Ver. 9. Shall I bring- to the Birth, and 
 not cause to bring forth, saith the Lord : 
 Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the 
 Womb ? saith thy God. 
 
 Ver, 18. It shall come, that I will gather 
 all Nations and Tongues, and they shall 
 see my Glory. 
 
 Ver. 19. And I will set a Sign among 
 them, and I will send those that escape of 
 them unto the Nations, to Tarshish^Pitl, and 
 Lud, that draw the Bow, to Tubal and Ja- 
 van, to the Isles afar off, that have not 
 heard my Fame, neither have seen my 
 Glory ; and they shall declare my Glory 
 among the Gentiles. 
 
 Ver. 20. And they shall bring all your 
 Brethren for an Offering unto the Lord 
 out of all Nations — 
 
 Ver. 21. And I will also take of them 
 for Priests and for Levites, saith the Lord, 
 
 Ver. 23. And it shall come to pass, that 
 from one New Moon to another, and from 
 one Sabbath to another, shall all Flesh come 
 to worship before me, saith the Lord. 
 
 Dan. ii. 44. And in the Days of these 
 Kings shall the God of Heaven set up a 
 Kingdom, which shall never be destroyed : 
 And the Kingdom shall not be left to other 
 People ; but it shall break in pieces and 
 
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 238 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 consume all these Kingdoms, and it shall 
 stand for ever. 
 
 Dan. vii. 13. And I saw in the Night 
 Visions, and behold, one like the Son of 
 Man came with the Clouds of Heaven, and 
 came to the Antient of Days, and they 
 brought him near before him. 
 
 Ver. 14. And there was given him 
 Dominion and Glory, and a Kingdom, that 
 all People, Nations, and Languages, should 
 serve him. 
 
 Ver. 27. And the Kingdom, and Do- 
 minion, and the Greatness of the Kingdom 
 under the whole Heaven, shall be given to 
 the People of the Saints of the Most High, 
 whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, 
 and all Dominions shall serve and obey him. 
 
 Amos ix. 1 1. In that Day will I raise up 
 the Tabernacle of David that is fallen, and 
 close up the Breaches thereof; and I will 
 raise up his Ruins, and I will build it as in 
 the Days of old : 
 
 Ver. 1 2. That they may possess the Rem- 
 nant of Edom \_or, That the Residue of Men 
 might seek after the Lord, Acts xv. 17,] 
 and of all the Heathen which are called by 
 my Name, saith the Lord that doth this. 
 
 Zeck. ii. 10. Sing and rejoice, O Daughter 
 of Zion ; for lo I come, and I will dwell 
 in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. 
 
 Ver. II. And many Nations shall be 
 joined to the Lord in that Day, and shall be 
 
 my
 
 Promises relating to the Church. 239 
 
 my People ; and I will dwell in the midst 
 of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord 
 of Hosts hath sent me unto thee. 
 
 Zech. vi. 15. And they that are far off, 
 shall come and build in the Temple of the 
 Lord. 
 
 Zech. viii. 21. And the Inhabitants of 
 one City shall go to another, saying. Let 
 us go speedily to pray before the Lord, 
 and to seek the Lord of Hosts ; I will go 
 also. 
 
 Ver. 22. Yea, many People, and strong 
 Nations shall come to seek the Lord of 
 Hosts \x\ Jerusalem, and to pray before the 
 Lord. 
 
 Ver. 23. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, 
 In those Days it shall come to pass, that 
 Ten Men shall take hold out of all Lan- 
 guages of the Nations, even shall take hold 
 of the Skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, 
 We will go with you ; for we have heard 
 that God is with you. 
 
 Zech. xiv. 9. And the Lord shall be 
 King over all the Earth : In that Day shall 
 there be one Lord, and his Name one. 
 
 Mai i. II. From the Rising of the Sun, 
 even to the Going down of the same, my 
 Name shall be great among the Gentiles, 
 and in every Place Incense shall be offered 
 unto my Name, and a pure Offering ; for 
 my Name shall be great among the 
 Heathen^ saith the Lord of Hosts. 
 
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 240 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Matt. viii. 11. I say unto you, that many 
 shall come from the East and West, and 
 shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and 
 Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 
 Matt. xxiv. 14. This Gospel of the 
 Kingdom shall be preached in all the 
 World, for a Witness unto all Nations ; and 
 then shall the End come. 
 
 John xii. 32. And I, if I be lifted up, 
 will draw all Men after me. 
 
 Rev. xi. 15. And the seventh Angel 
 sounded, and there were great Voices in 
 Heaven, saying. The Kingdoms of this 
 World are become the Kingdoms of our 
 Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall 
 reign for ever and ever. See Rev. vii. 9, 10. 
 Rev. xii. 10. 
 
 H. 
 
 The Glory of the Church. 
 
 Ps. xlv. 13. The King's Daughter is 
 all glorious within ; her Cloathing is of 
 wrought Gold. 
 
 Ps. xlviii. 2. Beautiful for Situation, 
 the Joy of the whole Earth is Mount Zion, 
 on the Sides of the North, the City of the 
 Great King. 
 
 Ver. 12. Walk about Zion, and go round 
 about her ; tell the Towers thereof : 
 
 Ver. 13. Mark ye well her Bulwarks, 
 consider her Palaces, that ye may tell it to 
 the Generations following. 
 
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 Pi^omises relating to the Church. 241 
 
 Ps. Ixxxvii. 3. Glorious Things are 
 spoken of thee, O City of God. 
 
 Is. xlvi. 13. I will brincr near my Right- 
 eousness ; it shall not be far off, and my 
 Salvation shall not tarry ; and I will place 
 Salvation in Zion for Israel my Glory. 
 
 Is. liv. II. O thou afflicted, tossed with 
 Tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will 
 lay thy Stones with fair Colours, and lay 
 thy Foundations with Sapphires. 
 
 Ver. 12. And I will make thy Windows 
 of Agates, and thy Gates of Carbuncles, and 
 all thy Borders of pleasant Stones. 
 
 Is. Ix. I. Arise, shine, for thy Light is 
 come, and the Glory of the Lord is risen 
 upon thee. 
 
 Ver. 2. For behold Darkness shall cover 
 the Earth, and gross Darkness the People : 
 but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and 
 his Glory shall be seen upon thee. 
 
 Ver. 13. The Glory of Lebanon shall 
 come unto thee, the Fir-tree, the Pine-tree, 
 and the Box together, to beautify the Place 
 of my Sanctuary ; and I will make the 
 Place of my Feet glorious. 
 
 Ver. 14. Whereas thou hast been for- 
 saken and hated, so that no Man went 
 through thee ; I will make thee an eternal 
 Excellency, a Joy of many Generations. 
 , Ver. 19. The Sun shall be no more thy 
 Light by Day, neither for Brightness shall 
 the Moon give Light unto thee ; but the 
 
 Q Lord
 
 242 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting 
 Light, and thy God thy Glory. 
 
 Ver. 20. Thy Sun shall no more go 
 down, neither shall thy Moon withdraw 
 itself; for the Lord shall be thine ever- 
 lasting Light, and the Days of thy Mourning 
 shall be ended. 
 
 Is. Ixii. 2. The Gentiles shall see thy 
 Righteousness, and all Kings thy Glory ; 
 and thou shalt be called by a new Name, 
 which the Mouth of the Lord shall name. 
 
 Ver. 3. Thou shalt also be a Crown of 
 Glory in the Hand of the Lord, and a 
 royal Diadem in the Hand of thy God. 
 
 Rev. xxi. 10, And he carried me away 
 
 in the Spirit, to a great and high Mountain, 
 
 and shewed me that great City, the holy 
 
 Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from 
 
 God. 
 
 Ver. II. Having the Glory of God: 
 And her Light was like unto a Stone most 
 precious ; even like a Jasper-stone, clear as 
 Crystal. See Ver. 18, 21. 
 
 Ver. 22. And I saw no Temple therein ; 
 for the Lord God Almighty, and the 
 Lamb, are the Temple of it, 
 
 Ver. 23. And the City had no need of 
 the Sun, neither of the Moon to shine in 
 it ; for the Glory of God did lighten it, and 
 the Lamb is the Light thereof. 
 
 Ver. 24. And the Nations of them which 
 are saved, shall walk in the Light of it ; 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 243 
 
 and the Kings of the Earth do bring their 
 Glory and Honour into it. 
 
 Ver. 25. And the Gates of it shall not 
 be shut at all by Day ; for there shall be 
 no Night there. 
 
 Ver. 26. And they shall bring the Glory 
 and Honour of the Nations into it. 
 
 HI. 
 
 Promises of the Increase of Light and 
 Knowledge, and of the Means ^ Grace. 
 
 Is. xi. 4. The Earth shall be full of the 
 Knowledge of the Lord, as the Waters 
 cover the Sea. 
 
 Is. XXV. 6. And in this Mountain shall 
 the Lord of Hosts make unto all People a 
 Feast of fat Things, a Feast of Wines on 
 the Lees, of fat Things full of Marrow, of 
 Wines on the Lees well refined. 
 
 Ver. 7. And he will destroy in this 
 Mountain the Face of the Covering cast 
 over all People, and the Veil that is spread 
 over all Nations. 
 
 Is. xxix. 18. In that Day shall the Deaf 
 hear the Words of the Book, and the Eyes 
 of the Blind shall see out of Obscurity, and 
 out of Darkness. 
 
 Ver. 24. They also that erred in Spirit, 
 shall come to Understanding ; and they that 
 murmured, shall learn Doctrine. 
 
 Is. xli. 18. I will open Rivers in high 
 Places, and Fountains in the midst of the 
 
 Valleys :
 
 244 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Valleys : I will make the Wilderness a 
 Pool of Water, and the dry Land Springs 
 of Water. 
 
 Ver. 19. I will plant in the Wilderness 
 the Cedar, the Shittah Tree, and the 
 Myrtle, and the Oil-Tree ; I will set in 
 the Desert the Fir-Tree, and the Pine, and 
 the Box Tree together. See Chap. xxxv. 
 6, 7, 8.^ 
 
 Is. Hi. 7. How beautiful upon the Moun- 
 tains are the Feet of him that bringeth 
 good Tidings, that publisheth Peace, that 
 bringeth good Tidings of Good, that 
 publisheth Salvation, that saith unto Zion, 
 Thy God reigneth. 
 
 Ver. 8. Thy Watchman shall lift up the 
 Voice ; with the Voice together shall they 
 sing : For they shall see Eye to Eye, when 
 the Lord shall brino- arain Zioii. 
 
 Is. liv. 13. And all thy Children shall be 
 taught of the Lord. 
 
 Dan. xii. 4. Many shall run to and fro, 
 and Knowledge shall be increased. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Promises of Purity, Holiness, and 
 Righteousness in the Church. 
 
 Is. iv. 3. And it shaN come to pass, that 
 he that is left in Zion, and he that remain- 
 eth in Jerusalem, shall be called Holy ; 
 even every one that is written among the 
 Living \\\ Jerusalem. 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 245 
 
 Ver. 4. When the Lord shall have 
 washed away the Filth of the Daughters 
 of Zion, and shall have purged the Blood 
 oi Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the 
 Spirit of Judgment, and by the Spirit of 
 Burning. 
 
 Is. xxxii. 15. Until the Spirit be poured 
 upon us from on high, and the Wilderness 
 be a fruitful Field, and the fruitful Field be 
 counted for a Forest : 
 
 Ver. 16. Then Judgment shall dwell in 
 the Wilderness, and Righteousness remain 
 in the fruitful Field. 
 
 Is. xxxiii. 5. The Lord is exalted, for 
 he dwelleth on high : He hath filled Zion 
 with Judgment and Righteousness. 
 
 Ver. 6. And Wisdom and Knowledge 
 shall be the Stability of thy Times, and 
 Strength of Salvation : The Fear of the 
 Lord is his Treasure. 
 
 Is. xlv. 8. Drop down, ye Heavens from 
 above, and let the Skies pour down Right- 
 eousness ; let the Earth open, and let them 
 bring forth Salvation, and let Righteous- 
 ness spring up together : I the Lord have 
 created it. 
 
 /'j'. Ixxxv. 10. Mercy and Truth are met 
 togfether : Righteousness and Peace have 
 kissed each other. 
 
 Ver. 1 1 . Truth shall spring out of the 
 Earth ; and Righteousness shall look down 
 from Heaven. 
 
 Ver.
 
 246 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Ver. 13. Righteousness shall go before 
 him, and shall set us in the Way of his Steps. 
 
 Is. Ix. 21. Thy People shall be all 
 righteous ; they shall inherit the Land for 
 ever, the Branch of my planting, the Work 
 of my Hands, that I may be glorified. 
 
 Is. Ixi. II. As the Earth bringeth forth 
 her Bud, and as the Garden causeth the 
 Things that are sown in it to spring forth ; 
 so the Lord God will cause Righteousness 
 and Praise to spring forth before all the 
 Nations. 
 
 Mai. iii. 43. He shall sit as a Refiner 
 and Purifier of Silver, and he shall purify 
 the Sons of Levi, and purge them as Gold 
 and Silver, that they may offer unto the 
 Lord an Offering in Righteousness. 
 
 Ver. 4. Then shall the Offering of 
 Judak and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the 
 Lord, as in the Days of old, and as in 
 former Years. 
 
 Ps. Ixxii. 5. They shall fear thee as long 
 as the Sun and Moon endure throughout 
 all Generations. 
 
 Zeck. xiv. 20. In that Day shall there be 
 upon the Bells of the Horses, Holiness 
 UNTO THE Lord ; and the Pots in the 
 Lord's House shall be like the Bowls 
 before the Altar. 
 
 Ver. 2 1 . Yea, every Pot in Jerusalem, and 
 in Judak, shall be Holiness unto the Lord 
 of Hosts ; and all they that sacrifice shall 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 247 
 
 come and take of them, and seethe therein : 
 And in that Day there shall be no more 
 the Canaanite in the House of the Lord of 
 Hosts. 
 
 Rev. xix. 8. And to her \the Lamb's Wife'\ 
 w?is granted, that she should be arrayed in 
 fine Linen, clean and white : For the fine 
 Linen is the Righteousness of the Saints. 
 
 V. 
 
 Promises 0/ Peace, Love, ««^ Unity. 
 
 Is. ii. 4. And they shall beat their 
 Swords into Plow-shares, and their Spears 
 into Pruning-hooks : Nation shall not lift 
 up Sword against Nation, neither shall they 
 learn War any more. 
 
 Is. xi. 6. The Wolf also shall dwell with 
 the Lamb, and the Leopard shall lie down 
 with the Kid ; and the Calf, and the young 
 Lion, and the Fatling together, and a little 
 Child shall lead them. 
 
 Ver. 7, And the Cow and the Bear shall 
 feed ; their young ones shall lie down 
 together ; and the Lion shall eat Straw 
 like the Ox. 
 
 Ver. 8. And the sucking Child shall 
 play on the Hole of the Asp, and the 
 weaned Child shall put his Hand on the 
 Cockatrice Den. 
 
 Ver. 9. They shall not hurt nor destroy 
 in all my holy Mountain. 
 
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 248 Pro^nises relating to the Church. 
 
 Ver. 1 3. The Envy also of Ephraim shall 
 depart, and the Adversaries o^ Jttdah shall 
 be cut off: Ephraim shall not ^nvy Judah, 
 dAid Judak shall not vex Ephraim. 
 
 Ps. Ixxii. 3. The Mountains shall bring 
 Peace to the People, and the little Hills, 
 by Righteousness. 
 
 Ver, 7. In his Days shall the Righteous 
 flourish ; and abundance of Peace, so long 
 as the Moon endureth. 
 
 John xvii. 20. Neither pray I for these 
 alone, but for them also which shall believe 
 on me through their Word : 
 
 Ver. 21. That they all may be one, as 
 Thou, Father, art in me, and I in Thee ; 
 that they also may be one in Us, that the 
 World may believe thou hast sent me. 
 
 Ver. 22. And the Glory which thou 
 gavest me, I have given them, that they 
 may be one, even as we are one. 
 
 Ver. 23. I in them, and thou in me, that 
 they may be made perfect in one, and that 
 the World may know that thou hast sent 
 me, and hast loved them, as thou hast 
 loved me. 
 
 Eph. iv. 16. From whom \Christ'\ the 
 whole Body fitly joined together, and 
 compacted by that which every Joint sup- 
 plieth, according to the effectual working in 
 the Measure of every Part, maketh Increase 
 of the Body, unto the Edifying of itself in 
 Love. 
 
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 VI. 
 
 Promises of the Submission and the Des- 
 truction of the Enemies of the 
 Church. 
 
 Ps. ex. 2. The Lord shall send the 
 Rod of thy Strength out of Zion : Rule 
 thou in the midst of thy Enemies. 
 
 Ver. 5. The Lord at thy Right Hand 
 shall strike through Kings, in the Day of 
 his Wrath. 
 
 Ver. 6. He shall judge among the 
 Heathen : He shall fill the Places with 
 dead Bodies : He shall wound the Heads 
 over many Countries. 
 
 Is. xi. 4. He shall smite the Earth with 
 the Rod of his Mouth ; and with the 
 Breath of his Lips shall he slay the Wicked. 
 
 Is. xxvii. I. In that Day the Lord with 
 his sore and great and strong Sword shall 
 punish Leviathan, the piercing Serpent ; 
 even Leviathan, that crooked Serpent ; 
 And he shall slay the Dragon that is in the 
 Sea. 
 
 Is. xli. II. Behold all they that were 
 incensed against thee, shall be ashamed and 
 confounded ; they shall be as nothing : 
 And they that strive with thee, shall perish. 
 
 Ver. 1 2. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt 
 not find them, even them that contended 
 with thee : They that war against thee shall 
 
 be
 
 250 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 be as nothing, and as a Thing of nought. 
 See Ver. 15, 16. 
 
 Is. xlix. 24. Shall the Prey be taken 
 from the Mighty, or the lawful Captive 
 delivered ? 
 
 Ver. 25. But thus saith the Lord, Even 
 the Captives of the Mighty shall be taken 
 away, and the Prey of the Terrible shall 
 be delivered ; for I will contend with him 
 that contendeth with thee, and I will save 
 thy Children. 
 
 Ver. 26. And I will feed them that 
 oppress thee with their own Flesh, and they 
 shall be drunken with their own Blood, as 
 with sweet Wine ; and all Flesh shall know 
 that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and thy 
 Redeemer the Mighty One of Jacob. 
 
 Is. lix. 19. When the Enemy shall come 
 in like a Flood, the Spirit of the Lord 
 shall lift up a Standard against him. 
 
 Is. Ix. 14. The Sons also of them that 
 
 afflicted thee, shall come bending unto thee; 
 
 and all they that despised thee, shall bow 
 
 themselves down at the Soles of thy Feet ; 
 
 and they shall call thee, The City of the 
 
 Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of 
 
 Israel. 
 
 n^j 7^ . .• r 2 Thes. ii. 8. Then 
 1 he Destruction of ,11 1 ttt-i ji 
 A ATn^mzjDTc^n^ shall the Wicked be 
 
 J jr n A D\^T r^AT revealed, whom the 
 and of BABYLON, . , „ 
 
 c. -^ Lord shall consume 
 
 with the Spirit of his 
 
 Mouth,
 
 Promises relating to the Church. 251 
 
 Mouth, and destroy with the Brightness of 
 his Coming. See Dan. vii. 24, 25, 26, 
 
 Rev. xiv. 9. If any Man worship the 
 Beast and his Image, and receive his Mark 
 in his Forehead, or in his Hand ; 
 
 Ver. 10. The same shall drink of the 
 Wine of the Wrath of God, which is 
 poured out without Mixture, into the Cup 
 of his Indignation. 
 
 Rev. xvii. i. Come hither, I will shew 
 thee the Judgment of the great Whore, 
 that sitteth upon many Waters, &c. 
 
 Ver. 16. And the Ten Horns which 
 thou sawest upon the Beast, these shall 
 hate the Whore, and shall make her deso- 
 late and naked, and shall eat her Flesh, 
 and burn her with Fire. 
 
 Rev. xviii. 2. Babylon the great is fallen, 
 is fallen, and is become the Habitation of 
 Devils, and the Hold of every foul Spirit, 
 and the Cage of every unclean and hateful 
 Bird. And so to the End of the Chapter. 
 
 Rev. xix. 19. And I saw the Beast, and 
 the Kings of the Earth, and their Armies 
 gathered together, to make War against 
 him that sat on the Horse, and against his 
 Army. 
 
 Ver. 20. And the Beast was taken, and 
 with him the false Prophet that wrought 
 Miracles before him, with which he deceiv- 
 ed them that had received the Mark of the 
 Beast, and them that worshipped his Image: 
 
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 252 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 These both were cast alive into a Lake of 
 Fire burning with Brimstone. 
 
 Rev. XX. 7. And when the Thousand 
 Years are expired, Satan shall be loosed 
 out of Prison. 
 
 Ver. 8. And shall go out to deceive the 
 Nations which are in the four Quarters of 
 the PLarth, Gog and Magog, to gather them 
 together to Battle ; the Number of whom 
 is as the Sand of the Sea. 
 
 Ver. 9. And they went up on the 
 Breadth of the Earth, and compassed the 
 Camp of Saints about, and the beloved 
 City ; and Fire came down from God out 
 of Heaven, and devoured them. See Ezek. 
 xxxviii. and xxxix. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Promises to the Favour and Submission 
 of Kings to the Kingdom of Christ. 
 
 Is. xlix. 7. Thus saith the Lord, the 
 Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to 
 Him whom Men despiseth, to Him whom 
 the Nation abhorreth, to a Servant of 
 Rulers, Kings shall see and arise, Princes 
 also shall worship, because of the Lord 
 that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, 
 and he shall choose thee. 
 
 Ver, 23. And Kings shall be thy Nursing 
 Fathers, and their Queens thy Nursing 
 Mothers : They shall bow down to thee with 
 
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 their Face toward the Earth, and lick up 
 the Dust of thy Feet, and thou shalt know 
 that I am the Lord ; for they shall not be 
 ashamed that wait for me. 
 
 Is. Hi. 15. So shall he sprinkle many 
 Nations ; the Kings shall shut their Mouths 
 at him : For that which had not been told 
 them, shall they see ; and that which they 
 had not heard, shall they consider. 
 
 Is. Ix. 3. And the Gentiles shall come 
 to thy Light, and Kings to the Brightness 
 of thy Rising. 
 
 Ver. 10. And the Sons of Strangers 
 shall build up thy Walls, and their Kings 
 shall minister unto thee ; for in my Wrath 
 I smote thee, but in my Favour have I had 
 Mercy on thee. 
 
 Ver. II. Therefore thy Gates shall be 
 open continually ; they shall not be shut 
 Day nor Night, that Men may bring unto 
 thee the Forces of the Gentiles, and that 
 their Kings may be brought. 
 
 Ver. 16. Thou shalt suck the Milk of 
 the Gentiles, and shalt suck the Breast of 
 Kings, and shalt know that I the Lord 
 am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the 
 Mighty One oi Jacob. 
 
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 254 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Promises of the Security, Tranquility, 
 and Prosperity of the Church. 
 
 Is, iv. 5. And the Lord will create 
 upon every Dwelling-place of Mount Zion, 
 and upon her Assemblies, a Cloud and 
 Smoke by Day, and the shining of a 
 flaming Fire by Night: For upon all the 
 Glory shall be a Defence. 
 
 Ver. 6. And there shall be a Tabernacle 
 for a Shadow in the Day-time from the 
 Heat, and for a Place of Refuge, and for 
 a Covert from Storm and from Rain. 
 
 Is. xxvii. 2. In that Day sing ye unto 
 her, A Vineyard of red Wine. 
 
 Ver. 3. I the Lord do keep it ; I will 
 water it every Moment : Lest any hurt it, 
 I will keep it Night and Day. 
 
 Is. xxxiii. 20. Look upon Zion the City 
 of our Solemnities ; thine Eyes shall see 
 Jerusalem a quiet Habitation, a Tabernacle 
 that shall not be taken down ; not one of 
 the Stakes thereof shall ever be removed, 
 neither shall any of the Cords thereof be 
 broken. 
 
 Ver. 2 1. For there the glorious Lord 
 will be unto us a Place of broad Rivers 
 and Streams, wherein shall go no Galley 
 with Oars, neither shall gallant Ship pass 
 thereby : 
 
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 Ver. 22. For the Lord is our Judge, 
 the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our 
 King ; He will save us. 
 
 Is. liv, 14. In Righteousness shaltthou 
 be established : Thou shalt be far from 
 Oppression, for thou shalf not fear ; and 
 from Terror, for it shall not come near thee. 
 
 Ver. 15. Behold, they shall surely gather 
 together, but not by me : Whosoever shall 
 gather together against thee, shall fall for 
 thy sake. 
 
 Ver. 17. No Weapon that is formed 
 against thee shall prosper ; and every 
 Tongue that shall rise against thee in Judg- 
 ment thou shalt condemn. This is the 
 Heritage of the Servants of the Lord, and 
 their Righteousness is of me, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 Is. Ixv. 18. Be you glad, and rejoice for 
 ever in that which I create ; for, behold, I 
 create Jerusalem a Rejoicing, and her 
 People a Joy. 
 
 Ver. 19. And \ ^'^x^)o\Q.^m Jerusalem, 
 and joy in my People ; and the Voice of 
 Weeping shall be no more heard in her, 
 nor the Voice of Crying. 
 
 Is. li. 3. The Lord will comfort Zion : 
 He will comfort all her waste Places, and 
 he will make her Wilderness like Eden, and 
 her Desert like the Garden of the Lord ; 
 Joy and Gladness shall be found therein, 
 Thanksgiving, and the Voice of Melody. 
 
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 256 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Ps. cii. 13. Thou shalt arise, and have 
 Mercy upon Zion ; for the Time to favour 
 her, yea, the set Time is come : 
 
 Ver. 14. For thy Servants take Pleasure 
 in her Stones, and favour the Dust thereof 
 
 Ver. 16. When the Lord shall build up 
 Zion, he shall appear in his Glory. - 
 
 Is. Ixvi. 10. Rejoice ye v^\i\\ Jerusalem, 
 and be glad with her, all ye that love her ; 
 rejoice for Joy with her, all ye that mourn 
 for her : 
 
 Ver. II. That ye may suck and be 
 satisfied with the Breasts of her Consola- 
 tions; that ye may milk out and be delighted 
 with the Abundance of her Glory. 
 
 Ver. 1 2. For thus saith the Lord, Be- 
 hold, I will extend Peace to her like a River, 
 and the Glory of the Gentiles like a flowing 
 Stream : Then shall ye suck, ye shall be 
 borne upon her Sides, and be dandled upon 
 her Knees. See Ver. 13, 14. 
 
 Jer. xxxiii. 6, In his Days Judah shall 
 be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. 
 
 Matt. xvi. 18. Upon this Rock will I 
 build my Church, and the Gates of Hell 
 shall not prevail against it. 
 
 Dan. vii. 27. And the Kingdom and Do- 
 minion, and the Greatness of the Kingdom 
 under the whole Heaven, shall be given to 
 the People of the Saints of the Most High, 
 whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, 
 and all Dominions shall serve and obey him. 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 257 
 
 IX. 
 
 Promises of the Perpetual Continuance 
 of the Church. 
 
 Is. lix. 21. As for me, this is my Cove- 
 nant with them, saith the Lord, My Spirit 
 that is upon me, and my Words which I 
 have put into thy Mouth, shall not depart 
 out of thy Mouth, nor out of the Mouth 
 of thy Seed, nor out of the Mouth of thy 
 Seed's Seed, saith the Lord, from hence- 
 forth and for ever. 
 
 Is. Ixvi. 22. For as the new Heavens 
 and the new Earth which I will make shall 
 remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall 
 your Seed and your Name remain. 
 
 Jer. xxxi. 35. Thus saith the Lord, 
 which giveth the Sun for a Light by Day, 
 and the Ordinances of the Moon and of the 
 Stars for a Light by Night, which divideth 
 the Sea when the Waves thereof roar ; the 
 Lord of Hosts is his Name : 
 
 Ver. 36. If those Ordinances depart 
 from before me, saith the Lord, then the 
 Seed of Israel also shall cease from being 
 a Nation before me for ever. 
 ' Ver. 2,j. Thus saith the Lord, If Heaven 
 above can be measured, and the Founda- 
 tions of the Earth searched out beneath ; 
 I will also cast off all the Seed of Israel, for 
 all that they have done, saith the Lord. 
 See also Chap, xxxiii. 20, 21, 22, 25, 26. 
 
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 258 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Dan. vii. 14. His Dominion is an 
 everlasting Dominion, wliich shall not pass 
 away, and his Kingdom that which shall 
 not be destroyed. 
 
 Matt, xxviii. 20. Lo, I am with you 
 alway, even unto the End of the World. 
 
 X. 
 
 Promises of the Conversion and 
 Restoration of the Jews. 
 
 Jer. XXX. 9. They shall serve the Lord 
 their God, and David their King, whom I 
 will raise up unto them. 
 
 Ver. 10. Therefore fear thou not, O my 
 Servant Jacob, saith the Lord, neither be 
 thou dismayed, O Israel; for lo, I will save 
 thee from afar, and thy Seed from the 
 Land of their Captivity ; and Jacob shall 
 return, and shall be in Rest and Ouiet, and 
 none shall make him afraid. See to the 
 End of the Chapter. 
 
 Jer. xxxi, i. At the same Time, saith the 
 Lord, will I be the God of all the Families 
 of Israel, and they shall be my People. 
 
 Ver. 4. Again I will build thee, and 
 thou shalt be built, O Virgin of Israel ; 
 thou shalt again be adorned with thy 
 Tabrets, and shalt go forth in the Dances 
 of them that make merry. 
 
 Ver. 10. Hear the Word of the Lord, 
 O Nations, and declare it in the Isles afar 
 off, and say, He that scattered Israel will 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 259 
 
 gather him, and keep him, as a Shepherd 
 doth his Flock. 
 
 Ver. 17. There is Hope in thine End, 
 that thy Children shall come again to their 
 own Border. 
 
 Ver. 31. Behold, the Days come, saith the 
 Lord, that I will make a new Covenant 
 with the House of Israel, and with the 
 House oi J2idah: 
 
 Ver. 32. Not according to the Covenant 
 that I made with their Fathers, &c. 
 
 Ver. -^^T^. But this shall be the Covenant 
 that I will make with the House oi Israel: 
 After those Days, saith the Lord, I will 
 put my Law in their inward Parts, and 
 write it in their Hearts ; and I will be their 
 God, and they shall be my People. 
 
 Ver. 38. Behold, the Days come, saith 
 the Lord, that the City shall be built to the 
 Lord, from the Tower o{ Hananeelunio the 
 Gate of the Corner. See the whole Chapter. 
 Jer. xxxii. 41. Yea, I will rejoice over 
 them to do them good, and I will plant 
 them in this Land assuredly, with my whole 
 Heart, and with my whole Soul. See from 
 Ver. ■^y to the End. 
 
 Jer. xxxiii. 7. And I will cause the 
 Captivity of Judah and the Captivity of 
 Israel to return, and will build them as at 
 the first. 
 
 Ver. 8. And I will cleanse them from 
 all their Iniquities, &c. 
 
 Ver.
 
 26o Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Ver. 9. And it shall be to me a Name 
 of Joy, a Praise and an Honour before all 
 the Nations of the Earth, which shall hear 
 all the Good that I do unto them, &c. 
 
 Ver. 15. In those Days, and at that Time, 
 will I cause the Branch of Righteousness 
 to grow up unto David, and he shall 
 execute Judgment and Justice in the Land. 
 
 Ver. 16. In those Days shall Jtidali be 
 saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely ; 
 and this is the Name wherewith she shall 
 be called, The Lord our Righteousness. 
 
 Ver. 24. Considerest thou not, what 
 this People have spoken, saying, The two 
 Families which the Lord hath chosen, he 
 will even cast them off? &c. 
 
 Ver. 25. Thus saith the Lord, If my 
 Covenant be not with Day and Night, and 
 if I have not appointed the Ordinances of 
 Heaven and Earth : 
 
 Ver. 26. Then will I cast away the Seed 
 of Jacob and David my Servant, so that I 
 will not take any of his Seed to be Rulers 
 over the Seed of Abraham, Isaac, and 
 facob: for I will cause their Captivity to 
 return, and have Mercy on them. To the 
 same purpose see the ivhole Chapter. See 
 also Chap. 1. 4, 5, 19, 20. 
 
 Ezek. xvi. 60. Nevertheless, I will re- 
 member my Covenant with thee in the 
 Days of thy Youth, and I will establish 
 unto thee an everlasting Covenant. 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 261 
 
 Ver. 61, Thou shalt remember thy 
 Ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt 
 receive thy Sisters, thine Elder and thy 
 Younger [Sodom and Samaria, Ver. 55] 
 and I will give them unto thee for Daugh- 
 ters, but not by thy Covenant. Ver. 62, 63. 
 
 Ezek. XX, 34. I will bring you out from 
 the People, and will gather you out of the 
 Countries, wherein ye are scattered, with a 
 mighty Hand. — 
 
 Ver. 35, And I will bring you into the 
 Wilderness of the People, and there will I 
 plead with you Face to Face. 
 
 Ver. ■^']. And I will cause you to pass 
 under the Rod, and I will bring you into 
 the Bond of the Covenant. 
 
 Ver. 38. And I will purge out from 
 among you the Rebels, and them that 
 transgress against me. 
 
 Ver. 40. In my holy Mountain, in the 
 Mountain of the Height of Israel, saith 
 the Lord God, there shall all the House 
 of Israel, all of them in the Land, serve 
 me ; and there will I accept them, and 
 there will I require your Offerings, and the 
 First-fruits of your Oblations, with all your 
 Holy Things. See also Ver. 41, 44. 
 
 Ezek. xxxiv. 23. And I will set one 
 Shepherd over them, and he shall feed 
 them, even my Servant David ; he shall 
 feed them and be their Shepherd. 
 
 Ver,
 
 262 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Ver. 24. And I the Lord will be their 
 God, and my Servant David a Prince 
 among them : I the Lord have spoken it. 
 
 Ver. 28. And they shall no more be a 
 Prey among- the Heathen, neither shall the 
 Beasts of the Land devour them ; but they 
 shall dwell safely, and none shall make 
 them afraid. 
 
 Ver. 29. And I will raise up for them 
 a Plant of Renown. See also Ver. 11, 16, 
 and from Ver. 22 to the End of the 
 Chapter. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvi. 11. I will multiply upon 
 you [the Mountains of Israel^ Man and 
 Beast, and they shall increase, and bring 
 Fruit ; and will settle you after your old 
 Estates, and I will do better unto you than 
 at your Beginnings, and ye shall know 
 that I am the Lord. 
 
 Ver. 24. I will take you from among 
 the Heathen, and gather you out of all 
 Countries, and will bring you into your 
 own Land. 
 
 Ver. 25. Then will I sprinkle clean 
 Water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; 
 from all your Filthiness, and from all your 
 Idols, will I cleanse you. 
 
 Ver. 26. A new Heart also will I give 
 you, &c. 
 
 Ver. '^'i^. In the Day that I shall have 
 cleansed you from all your Iniquities, I will 
 also cause you to dwell in the Cities, and 
 
 the
 
 Promises relating to the Church, 26 
 
 the Wastes shall be builded. See the ivho/e 
 Chapter ; as also Chap, xxxvii. 
 
 Ezek. xxxvii. 25. And they shall dwell 
 in the Land that I have given unto Jacob 
 my Servant, wherein your Fathers have 
 dwelt ; and they shall dwell therein, even 
 they, and their Children, and their Chil- 
 dren's Children, for ever, and my Servant 
 David shall be their Prince for ever. 
 
 Hos. i. 10. Yet the Number of the 
 Children of Israel shall be as the Sand of 
 the Sea, which cannot be measured nor 
 numbered ; and it shall come to pass, that 
 in the Place where it was said unto them, 
 Ye are not my People, there it shall be 
 said unto them, Ye are the Sons of the 
 living God. 
 
 Ver. II, Then shall the Children of 
 Judahy and the Children of Israel, be 
 gathered together, and appoint themselves 
 one Head, and they shall come up out of 
 the Land ; great shall be the Day o{ Jezreel. 
 
 Hos. ii. 14. Behold, I will allure her, and 
 bring her into the Wilderness, and speak 
 comfortably unto her. 
 
 Ver. 15. And I will give her Vineyards 
 from thence, and the Valley of Achor 
 for a Door of Hope ; and she shall sing 
 there, as in the Days of her Youth, and as 
 in the Day when she came up out of the 
 Land of Egypt. 
 
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 264 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 Ver. 19. And I will betroth thee unto 
 me for ever, &c. See from Ver. 1 6 to the 
 End. 
 
 Hos. iii. 4. The Children of Israel shall 
 abide many Days without a King, and with- 
 out a Prince, and without a Sacrifice, and 
 without an Image, and without an Ephod, 
 and without Teraphim. 
 
 Ver. 5. Afterwards shall the Children 
 of Israel return, and seek the Lord their 
 God, and David their King, and shall fear 
 the Lord and his Goodness in the latter 
 Days. See also Chap. xiv. 
 
 Joel m. I. Behold, in those Days, and 
 in that Time, when I shall bring again the 
 Captivity of Judah and of fei^usaleni ; 
 
 Ver, 2. I will also gather all Nations, 
 and will bring them down into the Valley 
 of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them 
 for my People, &c. 
 
 Ver. 1 7. So shall ye know that I am the 
 Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy 
 Mountain : Then shall Jei^usale?n be holy, 
 and there shall be no more Strangers pass 
 through her any more. 
 
 Ver. 20. Judah shall dwell for ever, and 
 Jerusalem from Generation to Generation. 
 See also Ver. 7, 14, 16, 18, 21. 
 
 Amos. ix. 14. And I will bring again 
 the Captivity of my People Israel, and they 
 shall build the waste Cities, and inhabit 
 them. — 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 265 
 
 Ver. 15. And I will plant them upon 
 their Land, and they shall be no more 
 pulled up out of their Land, which I 
 have given them, saith the Lord thy 
 God. 
 
 Obad. Ver. 17. Upon Mount Zwz shall 
 be Deliverance, and there shall be Holiness, 
 and the House oi Jacob shall possess their 
 Possessions. 
 
 Ver. 21. And Saviours shall come upon 
 Mount Zion to judge the Mount of Esati, 
 and the Kingdom shall be the Lord's. 
 
 Mic. ii. 12. I will surely assemble, O 
 Jacob, all of thee ; I will surely gather the 
 Remnant of Israel, I will put them together 
 as the Sheep of Bozrah, as the Flock in 
 the midst of their Fold ; they shall make 
 great Noise by reason of the Multitude of 
 Men. 
 
 Ver. 13. The Breaker is come up before 
 them ; they have broken up, and have 
 passed through the Gate, and are gone out 
 by it ; and their King shall pass before 
 them, and the Lord on the Head of 
 them. 
 
 Mic. v. 3. Therefore w^ill he give them 
 up, until the Time that she which travaileth, 
 hath brought forth ; then the Remnant of 
 his Brethren shall return unto the Children 
 of Israel. 
 
 Ver. 4. y\nd he shall stand and feed in 
 the Strength of the Lord, in the Majesty of 
 
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 266 Promises relating to the Church. 
 
 the Name of the Lord his God, and they 
 shall abide, for now shall he be great unto 
 the Ends of the Earth. 
 
 Ver. 7. And the Remnant oi Jacob shall 
 be in the midst of many People, as a Dew 
 from the Lord, as the Showers upon the 
 Grass that tarrieth not for Man, nor waiteth 
 for the Sons of Men. 
 
 Ver. 13. Thy graven Images also will I 
 cut off, and thy standing Images out of the 
 midst of thee, and thou shalt no more wor- 
 ship the Work of thine Hands. See the 
 ivhole Chapter, and Chap. iv. and Chap. vii. 
 14, 17. See also Zeph. iii. 9. to the End. 
 
 Zech. ii. 10. Sing and rejoice, O Daughter 
 of Zion ; for lo I come, and I will dwell in 
 the midst of thee, saith the Lord. 
 
 Ver. 12. And the Lord shall inherit 
 Jtidah, his Portion in the Holy Land, and 
 shall choosQ. Jerusalem again. 
 
 Zech. X. 6. And I will strengthen the 
 House o{ Jtidah, and I will save the House 
 oi Joseph, and I will bring them again to 
 place them ; for I have Mercy upon them, 
 and they shall be as though I had not cast 
 them off; for I am the Lord their God, 
 and will hear them. 
 
 Ver. 8. I will hiss for them, and gather 
 them, for I have redeemed them ; and they 
 shall increase, as they have increased. 
 
 Ver. 9. And I will sow them among the 
 People, and they shall remember me in far 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 267 
 
 Countries, and they shall live with their 
 Children, and turn again. See the whole 
 Chapter. 
 
 Zcch. xii. 6. In that Day will I make 
 the Governors oi Judah like a Hearth of 
 Fire among the Wood, and like a Torch of 
 Fire in a Sheaf ; and they shall devour all 
 the People round about, on the Right 
 Hand and on the Left ; and Jerusalem 
 shall be inhabited again, in her own Place, 
 even in Jerusalem. 
 
 Ver. 10. And I will pour upon the 
 House o{ David, and upon the Inhabitants 
 of Jerusalem, the Spirit of Grace and 
 Supplications ; and they shall look upon 
 me, whom they have pierced, &c. See the 
 whole Chapter. 
 
 Zech. xiv. 1 1. And Men shall dwell in it 
 \i.e., all the Land^ and there shall be no 
 more utter Destruction; hu\. Jerusalem shall 
 be safely inhabited. See the whole Chapter. 
 
 Luke xxi. 24. Jerusalem shall be trodden 
 down of the Gentiles, until the Times of 
 the Gentiles be fulfilled. 
 
 2 Cor. iii. 15. Even unto this Day, when 
 Moses is read, the Veil is upon their Heart. 
 
 Ver. 16. Nevertheless, when it shall 
 turn unto the Lord, the Veil shall be taken 
 away. 
 
 Rom. xi. 2. God hath not cast away his 
 People, which he foreknew. 
 
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 268 Promises re latino- to the Church. 
 
 Ver. 12. If the Fall of them be the 
 Riches of the World, and the Diminishing 
 of them the Riches of the Gentiles ; how 
 much more their Fulness ? 
 
 Ver. 15. For if the Casting away of 
 them be the Reconciling of the World, 
 what shall the receiving of them be but 
 Life from the Dead ? 
 
 Ver. 23. And they also, if they abide 
 not still in Unbelief, shall be graffed in ; 
 for God is able to graff them in again. 
 
 Ver. 24. — How much more shall these, 
 which be the natural Branches, be graffed 
 in their own Olive-tree } 
 
 Ver. 25. For I would not, Brethren, 
 that ye should be ignorant of this Mystery 
 (lest ye should be wise in your own 
 Conceit) that Blindness in part is happened 
 unto Israel, until the Fulness of the 
 Gentiles be come in. 
 
 Ver. 26. Then all Israel shall be saved ; 
 as it is written, There shall come out of 
 Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away the 
 Ungodliness from Jacob. 
 
 Ver. 27. For this is my Covenant 
 unto them, when I shall take away their 
 Sins. 
 
 Ver. 28. As concerning the Gospel, 
 they are Enemies for your sakes ; but as 
 touching the Election, they are beloved for 
 the Father's sake. 
 
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 Promises relating to the Church. 269 
 
 Ver. 29. For the Gifts and Calling of 
 God are without Repentance. See also 
 Ver. y:^, 31. 
 
 Ver. 32. God hath concluded them all 
 in Unbelief, that he might have Mercy 
 upon all. 
 
 Ver. II. O the Depth of the Riches 
 both of the Wisdom and Knowledge of 
 God! How unsearchable are his Judg- 
 ments, and his Ways past finding out ! 
 
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 That GOD ivill perform all His 
 Promises. 
 
 EUT. vii. 9. Know that the 
 Lord thy God, he is God, the 
 faithful God, which keepeth 
 Covenant and Mercy with them 
 that love him, and keep his Command- 
 ments, to a thousand Generations. 
 
 Nuvib. xxiii. 19. God is not a Man, 
 that he should lie ; neither the Son of Man, 
 that he should repent : Hath he said, and 
 shall he not do it ? Or hath he spoken, and 
 shall not he make it good ? 
 
 Josh, xxiii. 14. Ye know in all your 
 Hearts, and in all your Souls, that not one 
 Thing hath failed, of all the good Things 
 which the Lord your God spake concern- 
 ing you ; all are come to pass unto you, 
 and not one thing hath failed thereof. 
 I Kings viii. 56. 
 
 Ps.
 
 CONCLUSION. 271 
 
 Ps. xviii. 30. The Word of the Lord 
 is tried, 
 
 Ps. Ixxxix. 34. My Covenant will I not 
 break, nor alter the Thing that is gone 
 out of my Lips. 
 
 Ps, cv. 8. He hath remembered his 
 Covenant for ever, which he commanded 
 to a thousand Generations. 
 
 Ps. cxix. 89. For ever, O Lord, thy 
 Word is settled in Heaven. 
 
 Ver. 90. Thy Faithfulness is unto all 
 Generations. 
 
 Ver. 160. Thy Word is true from the 
 Beginning. 
 
 Ps. cxlvi. 6. Which keepeth Truth for 
 ever. 
 
 Is. XXV. I. Thy Counsels of old are 
 Faithfulness and Truth, 
 
 Is. xlvi. 1 1. I have spoken it, I will also 
 bring it to pass : I have purposed it, I will 
 also do it. 
 
 Is. Iv. 10, As the Rain cometh down, 
 and the Snow from Heaven, and returneth 
 not thither, but watereth the Earth, and 
 maketh it bring forth and bud, that it 
 may give Seed to the Sower, and Bread to 
 the Eater : 
 
 Ver. II. So shall my Word be, that 
 goeth forth out of my Mouth ; it shall not 
 return unto me void, but it shall accomplish 
 that which I please ; and it shall prosper in 
 the Thing whereunto I sent it. 
 
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 272 • CONCLUSION. 
 
 Rom. XV. 8. Jesus Christ was a Minister 
 of the Circumcision for the Truth of God, 
 to confirm the Promises made unto the 
 Fathers. 
 
 2 Cor. i. 20. All the Promises of God 
 in him \Christ\ are Yea, and in him Amen, 
 unto the Glory of God by us. 
 
 2 Tim.n. 13. If we believe not, yet he 
 abideth f^iithful ; he cannot deny himself. 
 
 2 Pet. iii. 9. The Lord is not slack 
 concerning his Promise (as some Men 
 count Slackness). 
 
 Heb. vi. 17. God, willing more abun- 
 dantly to shew unto the Heirs of Promise 
 the Immutability of his Counsel, confirmed 
 it by an Gath. 
 
 Ver. 1 8. That by two immutable Things, 
 in which it was impossible for God to lie, 
 we might have strong Consolation, who 
 have fled for Refuge, to lay hold upon the 
 Hope set before us. 
 
 Hed. X. 23. He is faithful that promised. 
 
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